Londrina, Brazil
Caracas, Venezuela
Miami, FL USA

Rice

ArrozFIRMASA Group merchandizes white rice which the chaff has been partially or entirely separated (glumes). These products comply with international standards, among others, those established by the Venezuelan Government.

Rice Technical Specs Currently Available:
Physical Parameters:

  • Exempt appearance and objectionable odors.
  • Free of foreign materials such as metal particles, glass, fabric, wood, earth, sand, insects, animal hairs and excretions.
  • Maximum humidity tolerance of 13,5%.
  • Maximum impurity tolerance (one) 1 unit of no more than 1.98 mm/Kg of the product.
Microbiological Parameters:

FEATURE

LIMIT (Max)

COVENIN NORM

Mould (ufc/g)

Min. 5 x 102 Max. 5 x 103

1337

Mass Percentage:

FEATURE

I

II

III

1 a 10

>10 a 18

>18 a 25

Broken Grains of Second (%) Max.

0,5

0,9

1,3

Broken Grains of Third (%) Max.

1,6

1,8

2,0

Damaged Grains (Damaged + Black Tip + Red) (%) Max.

20,0

40,0

60,0

Stained Grains

8,0

10,0

12,0

Chalky Grains (%) Max.

17,0

19,0

21,0

Chalky Grains + White Belly (%) Max.

2,0*

3,0*

4,0*

Grains with Hull + Seeds (U/100g) Max.

5,0*

6,0*

7,0*

* Individual
** Combined
U = Unit = 1 gr
% = Percentage