Brown Rice Flour
Meal from whole grain brown rice milling, fragmented to pass 95% through 1.25mm sieve as rice meal. Retains bran layer for nutrition; used in health foods and baking. Meets dry product starch/ash thresholds excluding pharmaceutical forms.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If from wheat/rye instead of rice
Wheat/rye groats have different sieve (500μm) and ash (2.5%) criteria
If cooked, canned, or fruit/nut flavored
Prepared rice products with additives enter Chapter 20 preserved foods
If exceeding ash limits due to bran content
Bran-excessive meals classify as cereal by-products in 2302
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Document higher ash from bran to stay within chapter limits; provide milling process certification; beware of organic claims requiring separate verification
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