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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fodder-plant-seed-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-4/paragraph-14",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2005/329",
  "legislation_title": "The Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fodder-plant-seed-scotland-regulations-2005",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/14",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Standards regarding content of seeds of other plant species",
  "text": "The seeds shall comply, where appropriate, with the standards in the following tables and where number standards are indicated a sample of the size indicated in column 2 shall be examined–\nTABLE I\nMaximum permitted content of seed impurities (by number or as a percentage by weight)\nSpecies\nWeight of sample for deter-mination of foreign seeds by number (grams)\nAvena fatua, Avena sterilis (Wild oat) or Cuscuta spp. (Dodder)\nRumex spp. (Docks, Sorrels) excluding R.acetosella (Sheep’s sorrel) and R.maritimus (Golden dock)\nAlopecurus myosuroides (Blackgrass)\nElytrigia repens (Couch)\nMelilotus spp. (Sweetclovers)\nMaximum content of any one other plant species\nBasic Seed\nCertified Seed\nBasic Seed\nCertified Seed\nBasic Seed\nCertified Seed\nBasic Seed\nCertified Seed\nBasic Seed\nCertified Seed\nBasic Seed\nCertified Seed\nMinimum Standard and Higher Voluntary Standard\nMinimum Standard\nHigher Voluntary Standard\nMinimum Standard\nHigher Voluntary Standard\nMinimum Standard\nHigher Voluntary Standard\nMinimum Standard and Higher Voluntary Standard\nMinimum Standard\nHigher Voluntary Standard\nSpecies\nWeight of sample for determination of foreign seeds by number (grams)\nNumber\nNumber\nNumber\nNumber\nNumber\nNumber\n%\nNumber\nNumber\n%\nNumber\nNumber\n%\nNumber\n%\n%\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\n(7)\n(8)\n(9)\n(10)\n(11)\n(12)\n(13)\n(14)\n(15)\n(16)\n(17)\n(18)\n(a)For Certified Seed, minimum standard, 1 seed of dodder in a sample of the size specified in column (2) shall not be regarded as an impurity if a second sample of the same weight is free from dodder.\n(b)There shall be no more than 80 seeds of meadowgrasses in a sample of the size specified in column (2).\n(c)There shall be no more than 0.4% by weight of annual meadowgrass.\n(d)There shall be no more than 0.3% by weight of bentgrasses.\n(e)There shall be no more than 0.3% by weight of ryegrasses.\n(f)There shall be no more than 0.3% by weight of rough-stalked meadowgrass.\n(g)For Certified Seed, Higher Voluntary Standard, of red fescue, there shall be no more than a total of 4 seeds of ryegrass, cocksfoot and meadow fescue in a sample of the size specified in column 2.\n(h)One seed of sweetclover in a sample of the size specified in column 2 shall not be regarded as an impurity if a second sample of twice that size is free from seed of sweetclovers.\n(j)Including Commercial Seed.\n(k)In Certified Seed there shall be no more than 0.8% by weight of seeds of other meadowgrasses.\n(l)In Certified Seed there shall be no more than 0.4% by weight of seeds of other meadowgrasses.\n(m)In Basic seed of meadowgrass there shall be no more than 1 seed of meadowgrasses other than the species being examined, in a sample of 500 seeds.\n(n)For Commercial Seed 2.0%.\nn/aNot applicable (no standard).\nGrasses\nCocksfoot\n30\n0\n0\n2\n5\n5\n5\n0.3\n10\n5\n0.3\n10\n20\n1.0\n0.5\nFestulolium\n60\n0\n0\n2\n5\n5\n5\n0.3\n10\n5\n0.5\n10\n20\n1.0\n0.5,\nHybrid ryegrass\n60\n0\n0\n2\n5\n5\n5\n0.3\n10\n5\n0.5\n10\n20\n1.0\n0.5,\nItalian ryegrass\n60\n0\n0\n2\n5\n5\n5\n0.3\n10\n5\n0.5\n10\n20\n1.0\n0.5,\nMeadow fescue\n50\n0\n0\n2\n5\n5\n5\n0.3\n10\n5\n0.5\n10\n20\n1.0\n0.5,\nPerennial ryegrass\n60\n0\n0\n2\n5\n5\n5\n0.3\n10\n5\n0.5\n10\n20\n1.0\n0.5,\nRed fescue\n30\n0\n0\n2\n5\n5\n5\n0.3\n10\n5\n0.5\n10\n20\n1.0\n0.5,\nSmooth-stalked meadowgrass\n5\n0\n0\n1\n2\n2\n1\n0.3\n3\n1\n0.3\n3\n20\n1.0\n0.5\nTall fescue\n50\n0\n0\n2\n5\n5\n5\n0.3\n10\n5\n0.5\n10\n20\n1.0\n0.5,\nTimothy (including Small Timothy)\n10\n0\n0\n2\n5\n4\n1\n0.3\n10\n1\n0.3\n10\n20\n1.0\n0.5\nLegumes\nLucerne\n50\n0\n0\n3\n10\n10\n10\n10\n0\n0.3\n20\n1.0\n0.5\nRed clover\n50\n0\n0\n5\n10\n10\n10\n10\n0\n0.3\n20\n1.0\n0.5\nSainfoin Seed/Fruit\n400/600\n0\n0\n2\n5\n5\n10\n10\n0\n0.3\n20\n1.0\n0.5\nWhite clover\n20\n0\n0\n5\n10\n10\n10\n10\n0\n0.3\n20\n1.0\n0.5\nTABLE II\nMaximum permitted content of seed impurities (by number or as a percentage by weight)\nSpecies\nWeight of sample for determination of foreign seeds by number\nAvena fatua, Avena sterilis (Wild oat) Cuscuta spp. (Dodder)\nRumex spp. (Docks, Sorrels) excluding R.acetosella (Sheep’s sorrel) and R.maritimus (Golden dock)\nAlopecurus myosuroides (Blackgrass)\nElytrigia repens (Couch)\nMelilotus spp. (Sweetclovers)\nMaximum content of any one other plant species\nOther Require-ments\nBasic Seed\nAll other categories\nBasic Seed\nAll other categories\nBasic Seed\nAll other categories\nBasic Seed\nAll other categories\nBasic Seed\nAll other categories\nBasic Seed\nCertified Seed or Certified 1 st or 2nd Generations\n(grams)\nNumber\nNumber\nNumber\nNumber\nNumber\n%\nNumber\n%\n%\n%\nNumber\n%\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\n(7)\n(8)\n(9)\n(10)\n(11)\n(12)\n(13)\n(14)\n(15)\n(a)The presence of a maximum of 80 seeds of meadowgrasses in a sample of the size specified in column (2) shall not be regarded as an impurity.\n(b)One seed of sweetclovers in a sample of the size specified in column (2) shall not be regarded as an impurity if a second sample of twice that size is free from seed of sweetclovers.\n(c)One seed of dodder in a sample of the size specified in column (2) shall not be regarded as an impurity if a second sample of the same weight is free from dodder.\n(d)A maximum of 2 seeds of wild oat in a sample of the size specified in column (2) shall not be regarded as an impurity if a second sample of the same weight is free from wild oat.\n(e)In Basic Seed of meadowgrass there shall be no more than 1 seed of meadowgrass other than the species being examined in a sample of 500 seeds.\n(f)In Certified Seed of meadowgrass a maximum of 0.8% by weight of seeds of other meadowgrasses shall not be regarded as an impurity.\n(g)In Commercial Seed 10 % by weight of other species of meadowgrass shall not be regarded as an impurity.\n(h)The presence of a maximum of 1.0% by weight of seeds of red clover shall not be regarded as an impurity.\n(j)The presence of a maximum of 0.5% by weight in total of seeds of white, narrow-leaved (blue) and yellow lupins, Hungarian, common and hairy vetch, field pea and field bean in another relevant species shall not be regarded as an impurity (including Commercial Seed of Hungarian vetch).\n(k)In Basic Seed of lupins the presence of bitter lupins in sweet varieties shall not exceed 1.0%. In Certified Seed of lupins the presence of bitter lupin seeds in sweet varieties shall not exceed 2.5% and the presence of seeds of another colour shall not exceed 2.0% in bitter lupins and 1.0% in other lupins. In Commercial Seed of lupins the presence of seeds of another colour shall not exceed 4.0% in bitter lupins and 2.0% in other lupins.\n(l)In Commercial Seed the presence of a maximum of 6% by weight in total seeds of other species of vetch shall not be regarded as an impurity.\n(m)For all categories there shall be no more than a maximum of 0.3% by weight of Raphanus raphanistrum (wild radish) or Sinapis arvensis (charlock).\n(n)For Commercial Seed 2.0%.\n(p)For Commercial Seed 1.5%.\n(q)The prescribed maximum percentage by weight of seeds of a single species shall not apply to seeds of meadowgrasses.\nn/aNot applicable (no standard).\nGrasses\nAlaska brome-grass\n200\n0,\n0,\n5\n10\n5\n0.3\n5\n0.5\n20\n1.0\nAnnual meadowgrass\n10\n0\n0\n1\n5\n1\n0.3\n1\n0.3\n20\n1.0,\nBrown top\n5\n0\n0\n1\n2\n1\n0.3\n1\n0.3\n20\n1.0\nCreeping bent\n5\n0\n0\n1\n2\n1\n0.3\n1\n0.3\n20\n1.0\nRed top\n5\n0\n0\n1\n2\n1\n0.3\n1\n0.3\n20\n1.0\nRescue grass\n200\n0,\n0,\n5\n10\n5\n0.3\n5\n0.5\n20\n1.0\nRough-stalked meadowgrass\n5\n0\n0\n1\n2\n1\n0.3\n1\n0.3\n20\n1.0\nFine leaved sheep’s fescue\n30\n0\n0(c)\n2\n5\n5\n0.3\n5\n0.5\nn/a\nn/a\n20(a)\n1.0\nn/a\nHard fescue\n30\n0\n0(c)\n2\n5\n5\n0.3\n5\n0.5\nn/a\nn/a\n20(a)\n1.0\nn/a\nSheep’s fescue\n30\n0\n0\n2\n5\n5\n0.3\n5\n0.5\n20\n1.0\nTall oatgrass\n80\n0,\n0,\n2\n5\n5\n0.3\n5\n0.5\n20\n1.0\nVelvet bent\n5\n0\n0\n1\n2\n1\n0.3\n1\n0.3\n20\n1.0\nWood meadowgrass\n5\n0\n0\n1\n2\n1\n0.3\n1\n0.3\n20\n1.0\nLegumes\nAlsike clover\n20\n0\n0\n3\n10\n0\n0.3\n20\n1.0\nBirdsfoot trefoil\n30\n0\n0\n3\n10\n0\n0.3\n20\n1.0\nCommon vetch\n1,000\n0\n0\n2\n5\n0\n0.3\n20\n0.5\nField bean\n1,000\n0\n0\n2\n5\n0\n0.3\n20\n0.3\nField pea\n1,000\n0\n0\n2\n5\n0\n0.3\n20\n0.3\nHairy vetch\n1,000\n0\n0\n2\n5\n0\n0.3\n20\n0.5\nHungarian vetch\n1,000\n0\n0\n2\n5\n0\n0.3\n20\n0.5,\nNarrow-leaved lupin (Blue lupin)\n1,000\n0\n0\n2\n5\n0\n0.3\n20\n0.3\nTrefoil\n50\n0\n0\n5\n10\n0\n0.3\n20\n1.0\nWhite lupin\n1,000\n0\n0\n2\n5\n0\n0.3\n20\n0.3\nYellow lupin\n1,000\n0\n0\n2\n5\n0\n0.3\n20\n0.3\nOthers\nFodder kale\n100\n0\n0\n3\n10\n20\n0.5\nFodder radish\n300\n0\n0\n2\n5\n20\n0.5\nSwede\n100\n0\n0\n2\n5\n20\n0.5",
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  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in sch. 4 para. 14 Table 1 substituted (30.6.2010) by The Seed (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/219), regs. 1(2), 8(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in sch. 4 para. 14 Table 1 substituted (30.6.2010) by The Seed (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/219), regs. 1(2), 8(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in sch. 4 para. 14 Table 2 substituted (30.6.2010) by The Seed (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/219), regs. 1(2), 8(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in sch. 4 para. 14 Table 2 substituted (30.6.2010) by The Seed (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/219), regs. 1(2), 8(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in sch. 4 para. 14 Table 2 footnote (k) substituted (30.6.2010) by The Seed (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/219), regs. 1(2), 8(b)(iv)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 14 Table 2 entries inserted (30.6.2010) by The Seed (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/219), regs. 1(2), 8(b)(iii), sch. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 14 in force at 1.7.2005, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "(a)For Certified Seed, minimum standard, 1 seed of dodder in a sample of the size specified in column (2) shall not be regarded as an impurity if a second sample of the same weight is free from dodder."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "n/aNot applicable (no standard)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "(b)There shall be no more than 80 seeds of meadowgrasses in a sample of the size specified in column (2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "(c)There shall be no more than 0.4% by weight of annual meadowgrass."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "(f)There shall be no more than 0.3% by weight of rough-stalked meadowgrass."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "(e)There shall be no more than 0.3% by weight of ryegrasses."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "(g)For Certified Seed, Higher Voluntary Standard, of red fescue, there shall be no more than a total of 4 seeds of ryegrass, cocksfoot and meadow fescue in a sample of the size specified in column 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "(m)In Basic seed of meadowgrass there shall be no more than 1 seed of meadowgrasses other than the species being examined, in a sample of 500 seeds."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "(k)In Certified Seed there shall be no more than 0.8% by weight of seeds of other meadowgrasses."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "(l)In Certified Seed there shall be no more than 0.4% by weight of seeds of other meadowgrasses."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "(d)There shall be no more than 0.3% by weight of bentgrasses."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "(h)One seed of sweetclover in a sample of the size specified in column 2 shall not be regarded as an impurity if a second sample of twice that size is free from seed of sweetclovers."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f13",
      "text": "(j)Including Commercial Seed."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f14",
      "text": "(n)For Commercial Seed 2.0%."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f15",
      "text": "(c)One seed of dodder in a sample of the size specified in column (2) shall not be regarded as an impurity if a second sample of the same weight is free from dodder."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f16",
      "text": "(d)A maximum of 2 seeds of wild oat in a sample of the size specified in column (2) shall not be regarded as an impurity if a second sample of the same weight is free from wild oat."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f17",
      "text": "n/aNot applicable (no standard)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f18",
      "text": "(e)In Basic Seed of meadowgrass there shall be no more than 1 seed of meadowgrass other than the species being examined in a sample of 500 seeds."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f19",
      "text": "(f)In Certified Seed of meadowgrass a maximum of 0.8% by weight of seeds of other meadowgrasses shall not be regarded as an impurity."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f20",
      "text": "(n)For Commercial Seed 2.0%."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f21",
      "text": "(g)In Commercial Seed 10 % by weight of other species of meadowgrass shall not be regarded as an impurity."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f22",
      "text": "(a)The presence of a maximum of 80 seeds of meadowgrasses in a sample of the size specified in column (2) shall not be regarded as an impurity."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f23",
      "text": "(q)The prescribed maximum percentage by weight of seeds of a single species shall not apply to seeds of meadowgrasses."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f24",
      "text": "(b)One seed of sweetclovers in a sample of the size specified in column (2) shall not be regarded as an impurity if a second sample of twice that size is free from seed of sweetclovers."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f25",
      "text": "(h)The presence of a maximum of 1.0% by weight of seeds of red clover shall not be regarded as an impurity."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f26",
      "text": "(j)The presence of a maximum of 0.5% by weight in total of seeds of white, narrow-leaved (blue) and yellow lupins, Hungarian, common and hairy vetch, field pea and field bean in another relevant species shall not be regarded as an impurity (including Commercial Seed of Hungarian vetch)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f27",
      "text": "(p)For Commercial Seed 1.5%."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f28",
      "text": "(l)In Commercial Seed the presence of a maximum of 6% by weight in total seeds of other species of vetch shall not be regarded as an impurity."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f29",
      "text": "(k)In Basic Seed of lupins the presence of bitter lupins in sweet varieties shall not exceed 1.0%. In Certified Seed of lupins the presence of bitter lupin seeds in sweet varieties shall not exceed 2.5% and the presence of seeds of another colour shall not exceed 2.0% in bitter lupins and 1.0% in other lupins. In Commercial Seed of lupins the presence of seeds of another colour shall not exceed 4.0% in bitter lupins and 2.0% in other lupins."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f30",
      "text": "(m)For all categories there shall be no more than a maximum of 0.3% by weight of Raphanus raphanistrum (wild radish) or Sinapis arvensis (charlock)."
    }
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