Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)RegulationsRegulations relating to the Grading, Packing and Marking of Wheat Products intended for sale in the Republic of South AfricaSampling14. Obtaining a sample |
| (1) | An inspector shall for the purpose of the application of these regulations, draw random sample of wheat product in the following manner and shall satisfy himself/herself that the samples so drawn are the representative of the consignment concerned. |
| (a) | In the case of wheat products packed in retail quantities, samples shall be taken in accordance with the table below: |
Number of containers comprising quantity of wheat products |
Minimum number of containers to be selected at random |
< 10 |
2 |
10 - 50 |
4 |
>50 |
6 |
| (b) | In the case of a consignment in bulk quantities— |
samples of wheat products which are presented for inspection in bulk containers, excluding grain elevators, shall be drawn at six different places with a bulk probe in such a manner that the samples taken will be representative of the contents of the bulk container. Samples may also be taken with a suitable container at regular intervals while a bulk container is being emptied.
| (2) | The collective sample obtained in subregulation (1) (b) shall — |
| (a) | Have a total mass of at least 10 kg; and |
| (b) | Be thoroughly mixed. |
| (3) | Samples drawn as prescribed in subregulation (1) shall first be examined for deviations in quality standards as set out in regulation 4, which can be determined by feeling, smelling and visual inspection and shall subsequently be subjected to further examination. A sample taken in terms of these regulations is considered to be representative of the consignment from which it was taken. |
| (4) | If an inspector should notice during the course of obtaining the representative samples that any of the quantities of wheat products drawn from any bag or portion of a bulk container are obviously inferior to, or differ from, that drawn from the remainder of the bags or from the other parts of the bulk container, she/he shall draw samples only out of such bags or portion of the bulk container from which the inferior or differing wheat products have been taken, place them in a collecting tray and mix them thoroughly. Samples drawn in this manner shall, in the application of this regulation be considered as deviating samples. |
| (5) | Any bags or containers of which the contents do not comply in any respect with the requirements of this regulation or bags and containers from which deviating samples have been taken, shall be marked with a distinguishing mark. |