CODEX STAN 155-1985 Standard for Degermed Maize (Corn) Meal and Maize (Corn) Grits
1. SCOPE
1.1 This standard applies to degermed maize (corn) meal and to degermed maize (corn) grits for direct human consumption milled from kernels of common maize, Zea mays L.
1.2 This standard does not apply to whole maize (corn) meal, maize (corn) flours, quick grits, hominy grits, self-rising maize (corn) meals, enriched maize (corn) meals, enriched maize (corn) grits, bolted maize (corn) meals, maize (corn) flakes, and alkaline treated maize (corn) products.
1.3 This standard does not apply to maize (corn) meals for use as a brewing adjunct, to maize (corn) meals used for manufacturing of starch and any industrial use, nor to maize (corn) meal for use as an animal feed.
2. DESCRIPTION
2.1 Degermed maize (corn) meal is the food prepared from fully mature, sound, degermed kernels of maize (corn), Zea mays L., cleaned from impurities, mould, seeds of weeds and other cereals by a grinding process in which the grain is comminuted to a suitable degree of fineness and from which bran and germ are removed. In its preparation, coarse particles of the ground maize kernel may be separated, reground and recombined with all of the material from which they were separated.
2.2 Degermed maize (corn) grits is the food prepared from fully mature, sound, degermed, kernels of maize (corn), Zea mays L., cleaned from impurities, mould, seeds of weeds and other cereals, by a grinding process in which the grain is comminuted to a suitable degree of fineness and from which bran and germ are almost completely removed.
