Division 3 Sampling of lots in a consignment shall include the identification of the appropriate independent unit for sampling. In the case of certain plants or plant products, the unit shall be identified as follows:

• fruit in the botanical sense: 1 fruit,

• cut flower: 1 stem,

• foliage, leafy vegetable: 1 leaf,

• tubers, bulbs, rhizomes: 1 tuber or bulb or rhizome,

• plants intended for planting: 1 plant,

• branches: 1 branch,

• wood and bark: to be determined on a case by case basis, with the smallest piece weighing not less than 1 kg,

• seed: one seed.

When the unit is not definable because of the size, shape or way of packaging, the smallest package unit shall be defined as the sampling unit.