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Article: BRAZIL: PUBLIC CONSULTATION TO DEFINE BRAZILIAN COFFEE STANDARDS.
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- March 26, 2008
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According to anba: Brazilian coffee is going to undergo a new process of identification and qualification of grain and of the ground product. A decree published today (25) by the Secretariat for Agricultural Defence at the Ministry of Agriculture is starting a public consultation regarding technical regulation of the new rules. The measures to establish an official quality standard take into consideration green and roasted coffee and include decaf. Aroma, fragrance, viscosity and acidity are among the characteristics that may be evaluated. "The goal is to define the official standard of roasted coffee grains and of roasted and ground coffee ...