# ISO 6540:1980 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 6540:1980, item title is Maize — Determination of moisture content (on milled grains and on whole grains); status code is 9599; successor is ISO 6540:2021; withdrawn / published date is 1980-11-01, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 6540:1980 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Maize — Determination of moisture content (on milled grains and on whole grains) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO 6540:2021
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 1980-11-01 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 12934,IS,,ISO 6540:1980,Maize — Determination of moisture content (on milled grains and on whole grains),Maïs — Détermination de la teneur en eau (sur grains broyés et sur grains entiers),1980-11-01,1,['67.060'],ISO/TC 34/SC 4,9599,,[75568],"['en','fr']",11,"<p>A section one specifies the reference method. It consists in grinding of sample, if necessery, after pre-conditioning, if required, then drying of a test portion at a temperature between 130 and 133 C under conditions which enable a result to be obtained which is in agreement with that obtained by the absolute method ( prescribed in an annex). A section two specifies the routine method on whole grains. It consists in drying of whole g

## Source

- https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv

Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01.
Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).