Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)RegulationsRegulations relating to the Grading, Packing and Marking of Soft Wheat intended for sale in the Republic of South AfricaPart I : Quality Standards4. Standards for classes |
| (1) | Notwithstanding the provisions of subregulations (2) and (3), a consignment of wheat shall — |
| (a) | be free from any toxin, chemical or any other substance that renders it unsuitable for human consumption or for processing into or utilisation thereof as food or feed and may not exceed the permissible deviations regarding aflatoxin in terms of the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act 54 of 1972; |
| (b) | not contain more poisonous seeds or ergot sclerotia than permitted in terms of the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act 54 of 1972; |
| (c) | be free from organisms of phytosanitary importance as determined in terms of the Agricultural Pest Act 36 of 1983; |
| (d) | be free from mould infected, sour and rancid other grain, foreign matter; |
| (e) | be free from any undesired odour, taste or colour not typical of undamaged and sound wheat; |
| (f) | be free from animal filth; |
| (g) | be free from stones, glass, metal, coal or dung; |
| (h) | with the exception of Class Other Wheat, be free from insects; |
| (i) | with the exception of Class Other Wheat, be free from stinking smut infection; and |
| (j) | with the exception of Class Other Wheat, have a moisture content not exceeding 13 percent. |
| (2) | A consignment shall be classified as Soft Wheat if — |
| (a) | the wheat in the consignment consists of at least 95 percent (m/m) of one or more of the soft wheat seeds; and |
| (b) | it complies with the standards for Grade 1 and Grade 2 set out in regulation 6. |
| (3) | A consignment of wheat shall be classified as Class Other Wheat if it does not comply with the standards for Soft Wheat. |