CODEX STAN 154-1985 Standard for Whole Maize (Corn) Meal
1. SCOPE
1.1 This standard applies to whole maize (corn) meal for direct human consumption prepared from kernels of common maize, Zea mays L., as described in Section 2.1.
1.2 This standard does not apply to degermed maize (corn) meal, enriched maize (corn) meal, maize (corn) flours, maize (corn) grits, quick grits, hominy grits, self-rising maize (corn) meals, bolted maize (corn) meals, maize (corn) flakes and other maize (corn) based ready-to-eat cereals, maize (corn) flaking grits, and alkaline treated maize (corn) products.
1.3 This standard does not apply to maize meals for use as a brewing adjunct, to maize meals used for manufacturing of starch and any industrial use, nor to maize meal for use as an animal feed.
2. DESCRIPTION
Whole maize (corn) meal is the food prepared from fully mature, sound, ungerminated, whole kernels of maize, Zea mays L., by a grinding process in which the entire grain is comminuted to a suitable degree of fineness. 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.
