BS ISO BRITISH STANDARD 15592-1:2001 Fine-cut tobacco and smoking articles made from it Methods of sampling, conditioning and analysis - Part l: Sampling ICS 65.160 BSi NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSIONEXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW BSISO15592-1:2001 National foreword This British Standard reproduces verbatim IS0 15592-1:2001 and implements it as the UK national standard. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee AW/4o, Tobacco and tobacco products, which has the responsibility to: aid enquirers to understand thetext; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the section entitled"International Standards Correspondence Index", or by using the "Find" facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue. A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the IsO title page, pages ii to v, a blank page, pages 1 to 16, an inside back cover and a back cover. The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the This British Standard, having documentwaslastissued. been prepared under the direction of the Consumer Products and Services Sector Committee, was published under the authority of the Amendments issued since publication Standards Committee and comes into effect on Amd. No. Date 15June2001 Comments CBSI06-2001 ISBN0580375900 ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 15592-1 First edition 2001-03-15 Fine-cut tobacco and smoking articles made from it Methods of sampling, conditioning and analysis - Part 1: Sampling Tabac de fine coupe et objets confectionnésa partir de ce type de tabac Methodesd'échantillonnage,de conditionnement etd'analyse- Partie 1: Echantillonnage Reference number ISO 15592-1:2001(E) ISO ISO 15592-1:2001(E) = ISO 15592-1:2001(E) Contents Page Foreword Introduction 1 Scope 2 Normativereferences 3 Terms and definitions 4 Sampling possibilities.... 5 Mode for sampling at one time 5.1 General... 5.2 Procedurefor samplingatthemanufacturer'spremisesorat importer'sordistributor's warehouse...... 5.3 Procedureforsamplingatthepointofsale. 6 Procedureforsamplingoveraperiodoftime.. 6.1 General.. 6.2 Procedureforsampling over aperiod of time at the manufacturer'spremises orat importer's and distributor's warehouse... 7 Constitution of thetest sample.. 7.1 General requirements... 7.2 Identification of the test samples.. 7.3 Initial selection............... 7.4 Division of the increments into portions .. 7.5 Provision of the test portion... 7.6 Labelling ... 8 Statistical evaluation and reporting.. 8.1 Statisticalevaluation. 8.2 Outliers... 9 Sampling report. Annex A(normative)Sampling forthe determination of mean values of totaland nicotine-free dry particulate matter.. .11 Annex B (normative)Sampling fordetermination of thevalues of theparameters of fine-cut tobacco... .....13 AnnexC(informative)Backgroundtothechoiceofsamplingprocedures. .14 Bibliography 16 ii ISO 15592-1:2001(E) Foreword ISsO (the International Organization for Standardization)is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (isO liaison with IsO, also take part in the work. IsO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnica Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees