Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)RegulationsRegulations relating to the Grading, Packing and Marking of Bread Wheat intended for sale in the Republic of South AfricaPart V : Determination of Class, Hectolitre Mass, Moisture Content, Protein Content and Falling Number17. Determination of falling number in wheat |
| (1) | The falling number of a consignment of wheat may be determined according to any suitable method: Provided that— |
| (a) | the determination shall be conducted on a sample which had been sifted using a screen with the same apertures as the standard sieve and from which other grain, unthreshed ears and foreign matter had been removed by hand; and |
| (b) | the results thus obtained are in accordance (± 5 percent) with the results obtained by the latest revision of the ICC (International Association for Cereal Science and Technology) 107/1 method. |
| (2) | If the falling number of a consignment of wheat is determined according to the latest revision of the ICC (International Association for Cereal Science and Technology) 107/1 method — |
| (a) | the sampling in the mentioned method shall be replaced with the manner prescribed in regulation 9; and |
| (b) | only the altitude corrected value shall be used. |