Paragraph 2 Incremental sample

The incremental samples shall be selected in the following manner:—

(a)

in the case of solid fertilisers in containers—

(i)

where the content of each of the containers in the sampled portion is greater than 1 kg in weight, the number of containers shall be selected in accordance with Table 1 in Part VI;

(ii)

where the content of each of the containers in the sampled portion does not exceed 1 kg in weight, the number of containers shall be selected in accordance with Table 1 in Part VI, except that the number selected shall be not less than four;

(b)

in the case of loose solid fertilisers the number of incremental samples shall be selected in accordance with Table 2 in Part VI;

(c)

in the case of fluid fertilisers—

(i)

where each container in the sampled portion contains not more than 100 litres the number of containers shall be selected in accordance with Table 3 in Part VI;

(ii)

where each container in the sampled portion contains more than 100 litres an incremental sample shall be drawn from each container.