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Division A Standard quality for paddy rice

United Kingdom

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Paddy rice of standard quality shall:

  1. (a)

    be of sound, fair and marketable quality, free of odour;

  2. (b)

    contain a moisture content of maximum 13 %;

  3. (c)

    have a yield of wholly milled rice 63 % by weight in whole grains (with a tolerance of 3 % of clipped grains) of which a percentage by weight of wholly milled rice grains which are not of unimpaired quality:

    chalky grains of paddy rice under CN codes 1006 10 27 and 1006 10 981,5 %
    chalky grains of paddy rice under CN codes other than 1006 10 27 and 1006 10 98:2,0 %
    grains striated with red1,0 %
    spotted grains0,5 %
    stained grains0,25 %
    yellow grains0,02 %
    amber grains0,05 %