Grade designation | [Maximum limit of tolerance (percent by mass)] | Kernel Breadth (Millimeter)
(Minimum) | Kernel Length (Millimeter)
(Minimum) | ||||||
Moisture | Foreign matter | Broken and fragments | Damaged discoloured and Chalky grains | Other varieties of rice | Red strips/ Red and Green Paddy grains | ||||
| Organic | Inorganic | |||||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) |
Special |
12.0 |
Absent |
Absent |
5.0 |
2.0 |
0.5 |
Absent |
2.0 |
5.0 |
Standard | 13.0 | 0.10 |
0.10 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.3 | |
General |
14.0 |
0.20 |
20.0 |
8.0 |
5.0 |
6.0 |
2.5 | ||
Minimum requirement:
- Raw milled Black scented Rice shall ,-
- have uniform size, shape, colour and condition;
- be long, slender, Black to purple in color;
- possess marked degrees of natural fragrance, characteristic of black scented rice both in raw and cooked forms;
- be free from artificial colouring, polishing agents , artificial fragrances and any other chemicals ;
- be free from obnoxious smell;
- be free from rodent hair and excreta, filth, moulds, live insects, dead insects, insect fragments