Somali Bureau of Standards · National Standards
The official register of Somali Standards (SOS), comprising standards developed locally by the Somali Bureau of Standards through its Technical Committees, together with East African Standards and ISO, IEC, ARSO, ASTM, EN, Codex and AOAC standards formally adopted as Somali Standards. Each adopted standard retains its original reference for full traceability.
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This East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for infant formula in liquid or powdered form intended for use, where necessary, as a substitute for breast milk in meeting the normal nutritional requirements of infants.
This East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for formula for special medical purposes intended for infants in liquid or powdered form intended for use, where necessary, as a substitute for breast milk or infant formula in meeting the special nutritional requirements arising from the disorder, disease or medical condition for whose dietary management the product has been formulated. The application of this standard should take into account, as appropriate for the products to which this standard applies and the special needs of the infants for whom they are intended, the recommendations made in the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (1981), the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding and World Health Assembly resolution WHA54.2 (2001).
This East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for fortified edible salt intended for human consumption.
This East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for processed cereal-based foods intended for feeding older infants and young children as a complementary food and as part of diversified diet. This standard does not apply to fortified composite flour, composite flour, cassava wheat composite flour and supplementary foods for the management of moderate acute malnutrition
This East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for fortified wheat flour prepared from common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), club wheat (T. compactum Host.) or a mixture thereof intended for human consumption.
This East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for fortified milled maize (corn) products prepared from the grains of common maize (Zea mays L.) intended for human consumption.
This East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for fortified edible fats and oils intended for human consumption. This Final Draft East African Standard is not applicable to fat spreads and blended spreads.
This East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for fortified light brown sugar, fortified brown sugar, fortified plantation (mill) white sugar and fortified refined white sugar intended for human consumption. This standard does not cover sugar intended for industrial use.
This East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for vitamin and mineral supplement intended for use in supplementing the normal/daily diet with vitamins and/or minerals for human consumption. This Standard covers vitamin and mineral supplement in concentrated forms of those nutrients singly or in combinations, marketed in forms such as capsules, tablets, powders, paste and solutions. This Standard does not cover foods for special dietary uses and the lipid based products containing vitamins and minerals.
This East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for lipid food supplement used for complementing the normal/daily diet with essential fatty acids. This standard covers lipid food supplements primarily providing essential fatty acids which may contain vitamins and/or minerals presented in forms such as capsules, paste or liquid. The product may be taken directly or added to another food with the primary objective of increasing the energy content of the food and provide essential fatty acids. This standard does not cover foods for special dietary uses.
This East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for food fortification premix and fortificants intended for use in wheat flour, maize flour, composite flour, blended flour, sugar, salt, fat spreads and edible fats and oils.
This East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for fortified composite flour intended for human consumption.
This East African Standard provides the guidelines for monitoring, sampling and documentation of nutrient premixes and fortified foods. This standard is applicable to premixes, fortified flours, edible salt, sugar, fat spreads, edible fats and oils and any other fortified food product.
This East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for supplementary foods intended for the management of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) in persons from the age of 6 months up to 59 months. This standard does not apply to processed cereal based foods, fortified processed cereal based foods, fortified milled maize (corn) products, vitamin and mineral food supplements
This East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for ready to use therapeutic foods for people with severe acute malnutrition from the age of 6 months and above. This standard does not apply to therapeutic milk, vitamin and mineral food supplements
This East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for Fortified Processed Cereal Based Foods (FPCBF) intended for special dietary uses of persons of above 3 years. This standard does not apply to fortified composite flour and composite flour
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