Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)

Regulations

Regulations relating to the Grading, Packing and Marking of Soft Wheat intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa

Annexure

Table 1 : Standards for Grades of Soft Wheat
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Annexure

 

Table 1

Standards for Grades of Soft Wheat

 

Nature of deviation

Maximum percentage permissable deviation (m/m)

 

Grade 1

Grade 2

1

2

3
(a)Heavily frost-damaged kernels.

5

5
(b)Field fungi infected kernels.

2

2
(c)Storage fungi infected kernels.

0,5

0,5
(d)Screenings.

3

3
(e)Other grain and unthreshed ears.

1

1
(f)Gravel, stones and turf.

0,5

0,5
(g)Foreign matter including gravel, stones and turf: Provided that such deviations are individually within the limits specified in item (f).

1

1
(h)Heat-damaged kernels.

0,5

0,5
(i)Damaged kernels, including heatdamaged kernels: Provided that such deviations are individually within the limit specified in item (h) and provided further that the minimum falling number value prescribed in regulation 6(3) for the grade concerned is at least complied with.

2

2
(j)Deviations in items (d), (e), (g) and (i) collectively: Provided that such deviations are individually within the limits of the said items.

5

5