Rice Quality Testing

Rice is a staple food in daily life and one of Vietnam’s key export commodities. However, rice quality may be affected by various factors, including chemical residues, microorganisms, heavy metals, and storage conditions.

Vinacontrol provides rice testing services through a modern ISO/IEC 17025-accredited laboratories, supporting businesses in accurately assessing the quality of consignments prior to distribution or export. At the same time, the testing results provide reliable evidence to ensure consumer confidence.

Service Background

Rice testing is a technical process involving the analysis and evaluation of safety and quality parameters of rice against applicable standards and technical regulations.

Rice testing results help to:

✔ Accurately assess product safety and quality
✔ Detect potential contamination risks, chemical residues, or non-compliant parameters at an early stage
✔ Serve as objective evidence of quality in consumption, trading, and export activities
✔ Support product quality declaration and compliance with market circulation requirements
✔ Strengthen trust among customers, partners, and regulatory authorities

Rice samples are analyzed at the Vinacontrol laboratory

Applicable Standards

• ISO/DIS 7301: Rice – Specification
• Codex standards for rice
• TCVN 11888:2017: National Standard for white rice
• TCVN 8368:2018: National Standard for glutinous rice
• TCVN 1643:2008: White rice – Test methods
• QCVN 8-1:2011/BYT: National technical regulation on limits of mycotoxin contamination in food
• QCVN 8-2:2011/BYT: National technical regulation on limits of heavy metal contamination in food
• QCVN 8-3:2012/BYT: National technical regulation on microbiological contamination in food
• TCVN 8049:2009: Rice – Determination of multi-residue pesticides by gas chromatography
• TCVN 5644:2008: White rice – Technical requirements for Oryza sativa L.

Test Parameters

Vinacontrol supports comprehensive testing across all key parameter groups:

1. Sensory Indicators

2. Physicochemical Indicators

• Nutritional composition analysis: Starch, sugar, fat, glucides, crude fiber...
• Minerals and vitamins analysis: Vitamins B1, B7, B9, B12...

3. Safety Indicators

• Food additives are regulated under Circular No. 24/2019/TT-BYT.
• Maximum levels (MLs) for pesticide residues, heavy metals, and mycotoxins are simultaneously applied in accordance with QCVN 8-1:2011/BYT, QCVN 8-2:2011/BYT, and TCVN 11888:2017.
• Maximum heavy metal content:

• Maximum mycotoxin content:

4. Parameters according to customers' requirements