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 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
General | 16.0 | 0.75 | 0.25 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 10.0 |
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, 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.