The use of domestic cereals for human consumption has increased significantly in recent years. This development calls for a stable quality of the grain and both buyers and sellers have descriptions of quality requirements to support it.
At Matís and the Agricultural University of Iceland, projects have been carried out to facilitate the utilization of domestic grain for human consumption, and the Agricultural Productivity Fund has supported these projects. Quality requirements have been compiled for food barley and barley for brewing. They describe the minimum requirements for barley development, drying, purification, chemical content and microorganisms. The quality requirements are intended to be a benchmark in trade in barley for food production. Different requirements are set for food barley and barley for brewing.
The quality requirements as a whole can be found here (pdf file).
