Rice inspection and quality testing services

Rice inspection services

• Check order details: seller, product name, specifications, weight, packing, packaging, labels, quantity, vessel name, destination, inspection date and other relevant details.
• Review each order and advise customers on reducing risk and cost.
• Check net weight, tare weight and gross weight. 
• Check rice quality before and during cargo handling.
• Photograph cargo during the inspection.
• Tally bags.
• Supervise loading and discharge.
• Fumigation.

Rice weight checks

• Check platform scales using standard weights before loading.
• Check the weight of empty bags.
• Conduct random checks of gross weight.
• Record weight consistency.

Supervision of rice loading

• Inspect barge condition, including cleanliness, residues of previous cargo, floor type, dunnage and suitability for fumigation.
• Before stuffing, inspect empty containers for cleanliness, dryness, absence of unusual odours and insects, and structural integrity.
• Check rice quality throughout loading; report actual cargo condition and sensory analysis results.
• Detect and report unusual events during loading supervision to the office and customer so that timely action can be taken.

Sampling during rice loading

• Sample before and during loading.
• Conduct sensory, physical and chemical analyses in the laboratory.
• Prepare a composite sample from samples collected during each day of loading.

Laboratory testing of rice quality

• Check rice composition and type. 
• Assess defective or substandard rice.
• Physical and chemical analysis
• Amylose and moisture content
• Degree and stage of milling
• Purity of fragrant rice
• Alkali testing, radioactivity and genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
• Aflatoxin B1 & B2, G1 & G2
• Pesticide residues
• Ochratoxin
• Radioactivity
• Vi sinh