Agreement on Standards for Rice Mills
关于碾米厂标准的协议
ຂໍ້ຕົກລົງ ວ່າດ້ວຍ ມາດຕະຖານໂຮງງານສີເຂົ້າ
Summary
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Laos issues this agreement stipulating technical standards for rice mills (site, building, machinery, capacity, hygiene, environment, etc.) and management systems, standard certification procedures, logo use, prohibitions, and three-level management responsibilities, promoting voluntary upgrading of rice mills to meet standards.
Articles
Article 1
Purpose. This Agreement stipulates principles and regulations concerning technical standards for rice mills, aiming to encourage and promote rice mills to meet standards, in order to improve and enhance production efficiency, create added value, ensure products have quality, meet standards, and are safe for consumers, thereby contributing to the promotion of commercial agricultural production.
Article 2
Rice Mill Standards. Rice mill standards refer to the provisions on technical standard characteristics of rice mills, mainly including: site location, factory buildings, drying yards, drying rooms, storage warehouses, machinery installation, equipment, production processes, products, safety and hygiene, environment, and factory management and operation systems. The adoption of rice mill standards in accordance with this Agreement is conducted on a voluntary basis by rice mill operators.
Article 3
Definition of Terms. The terms used in this Agreement have the following meanings:
1. Rice Mill refers to a place operating rice milling activities, classified under the Processing Industry Law in the corresponding category, and falling under the Lao People's Democratic Republic Economic Activity Classification Code (ISIC) 1083;
2. Paddy Drying Yard refers to a place for drying paddy, which may be roofed or unroofed;
3. Drying Room refers to a drying facility for removing moisture from paddy to dry it to the required standard;
4. Brown Rice refers to rice that has been milled or husked but not yet polished to white;
5. Paddy Storage refers to a place for storing dried paddy, including silos;
6. Rice Storage refers to a place for storing rice at the rice mill, which may be located inside or outside the mill;
7. Production Chain System refers to the continuity of the production and operation processes of the rice mill, from raw material receipt, storage, milling, quality sorting, packaging, to transportation;
8. Packaging Room refers to a workspace for packaging to maintain the quality of rice products, enabling safe delivery from producer to consumer;
9. Husker refers to machinery that performs the function of husking paddy to obtain brown rice or rice products;
10. Metal Detector refers to an electromagnetic adsorption device installed in the rice mill, used to detect and capture impurities mixed into the paddy;
11. Grader refers to machinery for sorting rice grain sizes, separating whole grains from broken grains according to required sizes;
12. Color Sorter refers to machinery for sorting rice grains of different colors, primarily separating yellow grains, black grains, and other discolored grains, performed in the final stage of milling.
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