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.