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

Regulations

Grading, Packing and Marking of Rice Kernels intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa

Part IV : Determination of other substances and grain composition

21. Determination of large broken and small broken rice kernels
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The percentage large broken and small broken rice kernels in a consignment shall be determined as follows—

 

(a) Obtain a working sample of at least 150 g rice from the collective sample.

 

(b) Remove all the large broken and small broken rice kernels separately from the working sample and determine the weight thereof.

 

(c) Express the weight thus determined as a percentage of the mass of the working sample.

 

(d) Such percentage shall represent the head rice in the consignment concerned.