| Grade designation | Maximum limit of tolerance (percent by weight) | Weevilled grains (percent by count)(Maximum) | ||||
| Moisture | Foreign matter | Other edible grains | Damaged grains | |||
| Organic | Inorganic | |||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) |
| Special | 11.0 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.2 | 0.5 | Absent |
| Standard | 12.0 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| General | 14.0 | 0.75 | 0.25 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
Minimum requirements:
- sweet, sound, clean, wholesome and free from admixture of unwholesome substances;
- uniform in size, shape and colour;
- free from rodent hair and excreta, moulds, living and dead insects, insect fragments, harmful bacteria, fungal infestation, mould growth, webs, parasites, larvae and mites;
- free from obnoxious smell, discoloration and all other impurities except to the extent as specified in this schedule;
- free from added coloring matter, admixture of deleterious substances;
- free from toxic or noxious seeds such as Crotalaria (Crotalaria ), Corn cockle (Agrostemma githago Linn.), Castor bean (Ricinus communis Linn.), Jimson weed (Datura stramonium), and other seeds that are commonly recognized as harmful to health; and
- free from abnormal taste, flavour and odour.
without husk
Grade designation | Maximum limit of tolerance (percent by weight) | Weevilled grains (percent by count) (Maximum) | |||||
Moisture | Foreign matter | Other edible grains | Damaged grains | Broken and fragments grains | |||
Organic | Inorganic | ||||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) |
Special | 11.0 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Absent |
Standard | 12.0 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
General | 14.0 | 0.75 | 0.25 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
Minimum requirements:
- sweet, sound, clean, wholesome and free from admixture of unwholesome substances;
- without husk , split, uniform in size, shape and colour;
- free from rodent hair and excreta, moulds, living and dead insects, insect fragments, harmful bacteria, fungal infestation, mould growth, webs, parasite, larvae and mites;
- free from obnoxious smell, discolouration and all other impurities except to the extent as indicated in this schedule;
- free from added colouring matter, admixture of deleterious substances;
- free from toxic or noxious seeds such as Crotalaria (Crotalaria spp.), Corn cockle (Agrostemma githago ), Castor bean (Ricinus Communis Linn.), Jimson weed (Datura stramonium), and other seeds that are commonly recognized as harmful to health; and
- free from abnormal taste, flavour and odour
with husk
Grade designation | Maximum limit of tolerance (percent by weight) | Weevilled grains (percent by count)
(Maximum) | |||||
Moisture | Foreign Matter | Other edible grains | Damaged grains | Broken and fragments grains | |||
Organic | Inorganic | ||||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) |
Special | 11.0 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | Absent |
Standard | 12.0 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
General | 14.0 | 0.75 | 0.25 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
Minimum requirements:
- sweet, sound, clean , wholesome and free from admixture of unwholesome substances;
- with husk , split, uniform in size, shape and colour;
- free from rodent hair and excreta, moulds, living and dead insects, insect fragments, harmful bacteria, fungal infestation, mould growth, webs, parasite, larvae and mites;
- free from obnoxious smell, discolouration and all other impurities except to the extent as indicated in this schedule;
- free from added colouring matter, admixture of deleterious substances;
- free from toxic or noxious seeds such as Crotalaria (Crotalaria spps.), Corn cockle (Agrostemma githago ), Castor bean (Ricinus communis Linn.), Jimson weed (Datura stramonium), and other seeds that are commonly recognized as harmful to health; and free from abnormal taste, flavour and odour