How and damaged food grains categorized and disposed in India by Food Corporation of India (FCI)

1. Kunal Arora
Jr. Assistant
National Cooperative Development Corporation
Damaged & Non Issuable Food
Grains and their Disposal Procedure

2. Kernels or pieces of kernels that are
sprouted or internally damaged as a result
of heat, microbes, moisture, weather.
Damaged Food Grains

3. Difference b/w Adulterated &
Damaged
When Food Grains do not conform FSSAI
standards - >
 They may be ADULTERATED but not DAMAGED
 Only such grain which CAN NOT BE FURTHER
RECONDITIONED for normal human
consumption are called DAMAGED GRAIN

4.  Damaged stock on receipt in godowns or
detected in depot, shall be properly checked
and segregated
 Each lot shall be kept separately with a stack
card on it declaring the stock as “ UNFIT FOR
HUMAN CONSUMPTION”
 One sample from each lot shall be drawn and
sent to Distt. Lab.

5. Rememberrrrr…..
 Amount of each sample should not be less
than 500 gm
 Sample should be dispatched to Distt. Lab.
With 7 days of receipt of the stock
 The damaged stock should be carefully
removed from sound grain stock

6. Categorization of Damaged Grains

7. A Categorization Committee (CC) is the
authority responsible for categorization
of stocks
CC should consider the Lab result
analysis as well as physicals aspects of
the stock and categorize stock within 1
month
CC should submit its result reports to
depot in not later than 4 days

8. Quality Cut
Refraction Rate for Quality cut
Broken 0.5%
Foreign Matter 2.0%
Damaged grains 1.0%
Discoloured grains 0.5%
Chalky Grains 0.25%
Red grains 0.5%
Admixture 0.5%
Dehusked grains 0.25%
Moisture content 2.0%
Small brokens 1.0%
Slightly damaged grains 0.5%

9. Disposal
 There are rate running contracts with State
Govts. And corporations like Agricultural
Colleges, Dairy Farms, etc.
 If no acceptance within 15 days, an All India
Tender Process
 Party indicating the highest rate gets the stock

10. Parties with Rate running
Contracts are invited
All India Tender/Auction for
only Cattle & Poultry Feed
Fresh Auction but now
manufacturing Industries
also invited
Offered to parties registered
for use of stock as manure
Offered to Local Bodies, free
of cost
If no offer received
If no offer received
Declared Fit for Dumping
If no offer received
Disposal Process

11. Regional Manager is the competent
authority to
 Register the approved Parties
 Approve the stock as Damaged, Deteriorated,
sub standard before sale
 Fix the responsibility of damage

12. Thank you
&
Have a Nice Day!

13. CATEGORIZATION
COMMITTEE (CC)
 Districts Categorization - Upto 5 MT
Committee (DCC)
 Regional Categorization - 5 - 50 MT
Committee (RCC)
 Zonal Categorization - 50 – 1000
MT
Committee (ZCC)
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