This document specifies an automatic method for the reference method (see ISO 712-1) for the determination of moisture content of cereals and cereal products using an automatic drying oven.

This document is applicable to wheat, rice (paddy, husked and milled), barley, millet (Panicum miliaceum), rye, oats, triticale, sorghum in the form of grains, milled grains, semolina and flour.

The method does not apply to maize and pulses.

NOTE            For moisture content determination in maize, see ISO 6540, and for pulses, see ISO 24557.