BS ISO 15592-1:2001

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Sampling possibilities
5 Mode for sampling at one time
   5.1 General
   5.2 Procedure for sampling at the manufacturer's
       premises or at importer's or distributor's
       warehouse
   5.3 Procedure for sampling at the point of sale
6 Procedure for sampling over a period of time
   6.1 General
   6.2 Procedure for sampling over a period of time
       at the manufacturer's premises or at importer's
       and distributor's warehouse
7 Constitution of the test 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 Statistical evaluation
   8.2 Outliers
9 Sampling report
Annex A (normative) Sampling for the determination
         of mean values of total and nicotine-free dry
         particulate matter
Annex B (normative) Sampling for determination of the
         values of the parameters of fine-cut tobacco
Annex C (informative) Background to the choice of
         sampling procedures
Bibliography

Provides information on the statistical treatment of data and provides guidance based on practical experience of the order of ranking when a product is sampled with specified procedures, in particular, when smoking articles are made from the sampled fine-cut tobacco and smoked for the determination of nicotine-free dry particulate matter (NFDPM).

This part of ISO15592 specifies two methods of sampling a population of fine-cut tobacco manufactured for sale for the preparation of smoking articles.

It provides information on the statistical treatment of data and provides guidance based on practical experience of the order of ranking when a product is sampled in accordance with the specified procedures, in particular, when smoking articles are made from the sampled fine-cut tobacco and smoked for the determination of nicotine-free dry particulate matter (NFDPM).

NOTE Suitable procedures for the determination of NFDPM will be described in ISO15592-3.¹⁾