Document Details
Name of Department/Committee : FAD 04
Document Number : FAD 04 ( 27331)
Document Title [English] : TOBACCO AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS — METHODS OF TEST FOR TOBACCO
Document Title [Hindi] : तम्बाकू एवं तम्बाकू उत्पाद — तम्बाकू की परीक्षण पद्धतिया
Document Type : Revision
Language : English
Priority : 2
ICS Code : 65.160
Date of Project Approval : 15-01-2025
Standards to be Revised :
Sl.No. Is No & Year
1 IS 5643: 2019
Standards to be Superseded :
Sl.No. Is No & Year
1 IS 5643: 2019


Classification Details
Group : Agriculture, Agricultural Products and Implements
Sub Group : Raw Agricultural products
Sub Sub Group : Tobacco and Tobacco Products
Aspects : Methods of tests
Risk : Low
Certification : Not Certifiable
Short Commom Man's Title :
ITCHS Code :
Ministry :
  • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare - Department of Health Research
Sustainable development Goals :
Degree of Equivalence : Indigenous
Identical/Equivalent Standards :
Organization Type:

Sl.No. Synosis Points
1 a) Scope of the standard has been expanded to cover test methods for both unmanufactured and manufactured tobacco used in tobacco products b) New clauses on determination of organochlorine pesticide residues; ammonia; reducing carbohydrates; residual stem content in threshed tobacco; strip particle size of leaf tobacco; width of the strands of cut tobacco; nitrate content; reducing and total sugars; and tobacco-specific nitrosamines by relevant Indian standards have been added. c) New clause on replication of analysis has been added to ensure reliable test results. d) Provision of conditioning of samples has been removed e) For determination of total alkaloids by continuous flow analysis, the earlier test method has been replaced with IS 16832 . f) For determination of acid-insoluble ash, the earlier test method has been replaced with IS 16236 for determination of silicated residues insoluble in hydrochloric acid.

Timeline Details


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Completion Date
WC-Draft
Completion Date
Final-Draft
Completion Date
Project
Completion Date(Gazette)
Entered By Entered On
1 15-01-2025 15-05-2025 15-06-2025 15-10-2025 NITASHA DOGER 15-01-2025
Stages
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Stage Date of Occurence Remarks Circulated to Files
1 Generation of Document Number 15-01-2025 -------
2 P-Draft Waived 28-01-2025 -------
3 WC Draft 28-01-2025 Duration : 60 Days
Submitted for HOD approval
Remarks : The Committee during its 26th meeting held on 22 Oct 2024 endorsed the recommendation of the working group FAD 4WG 06 provided in the review document and decided to send the draft revision incorporating the the recommended changes into wide circulation WC for 60 days for comments
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4 WC Draft 28-01-2025 WC approved by HOD
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