Sampling of Cinnamon Quills
Definitions
Consignment: The quantity of packages of cinnamon quills submitted at one time and covered by a particular contract or shipping document. It may be composed of one or more lots.
Lot: All the packages in a single consignment of cinnamon quills pertaining to the same grade.
Defective package: Any package of cinnamon quills not conforming to any one or more of the requirements of this International Standard.
Number of packages to be taken for inspection
| Number of packages in the lot (N) | Number of packages to be taken (n) |
| 1 to 5 | All |
| 6 to 49 | 5 |
| 50 to 100 | 10% of the number of packages |
| Over 100 | The square root of the number of packages rounded to the nearest whole number. |
Testing of samples and criterion for conformity
All the packages taken for inspection shall be used individually to test for conformity with all the requirements given for this International Standard.
The lot shall be considered as conforming to the requirements of this International Standard if the number of defective packages in the sample tested is less than or equal to the corresponding acceptance number given below.
| Number of packages tested | Acceptance number |
| Up to 12 | 0 |
| 13 to 20 | 1 |
| 21 to 35 | 2 |
| 36 to 50 | 3 |
| 51 to 75 | 4 |
| Over 75 | 4 |
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