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

Regulations

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

Annexure

Table 1 : Standards for Grades of Bread Wheat
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ANNEXURE

TABLE 1

STANDARDS FOR GRADES OF BREAD WHEAT

 

Nature of deviation

Maximum percentage permissible deviation (m/m)

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

Grade 4

Utility Grade

1

3

4

5

6

7
(a)Heavily frost-damaged kernel.

5

5

5

5

10
(b)Field fungi infected kernels.

2

2

2

2

2
(c)Storage fungi infected kernels.

0,5

0,5

0,5

0,5

0,5
(d)Screenings.

3

3

3

4

10
(e)Other grain and unthreshed ears.

1

1

1

1

4
(f)Gravel, stones and turf.

0,5

0,5

0,5

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

1

1

3
(h)Heat-damaged kernels

0,5

0,5

0,5

0,5

0,5
(i)Damaged kernels, including heat-damaged 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

2

2

5
(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

5

5

10