CAC/RCP 22-1979 Code of Hygienic Practice for Groundnuts (Peanuts)
1. SCOPE
1.1 This Code of Hygienic Practice applies to groundnuts, also known as peanuts, monkey nuts or earth nuts (Arachis hypogaea L).
It contains the minimum requirements of hygiene for farm handling, transportation, storage, in-shell operations and commercial shelling. It covers all types and forms of raw, dried groundnuts (peanuts) in-shell and shelled.
2. DESCRIPTION
2.1 Definitions
Blows (pops) means in-shell nuts which are unusually light-weight due to extensive damage from physiological, mould, insect, or other causes and which can be removed, for example, by an air-separation process.
