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ISO 4874:2000
Tobacco -- Sampling of batches of raw material -- General principles
This International Standard specifies the general principles to be applied when sampling batches of raw tobacco in order to assess either
- the mean value of one or more of its characteristics, or
- the heterogeneity of one or more of its characteristics.
This International Standard is applicable to the sampling of batches of raw tobacco of the following types:
- leaf tobacco:
- flue cured,
- air cured,
- sun cured,
- fire cured;
- pretreated raw tobacco:
- which has undergone fermentation (in packages not intended for retail or wholesale sales or distribution, in bulk, in chambers),
- which has been partially or completely stemmed,
- which is in the form of stems,
- which is in the form of waste and remnants,
- which has been reconstituted in the form of strips.
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