# The Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005, Paragraph 26: Minimum weight of a sample

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The minimum weight of a sample submitted for official examination shall be that specified in column 3 of the following table in relation to the corresponding entry in column 1 of the table–
Species
Maximum weight of a lot (tonnes)
Minimum weight of a sample to be drawn from a lot (grams)
Weight of the sample for the determinations by number provided for in Schedule 4, Part II, paragraph 14, Table I columns 3 to 8, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 16 together with paragraph 14 Table II columns 3 to 7, 9 and 13.
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Grasses
Alaska brome-grass
10
200
200
Annual meadowgrass
10
50
10
Brown top
10
50
5
Cocksfoot
10
100
30
Creeping bent
10
50
5
Festulolium
10
200
60
Hybrid ryegrass
10
200
60
Italian ryegrass (including Westerwolds ryegrass)
10
200
60
Meadow fescue
10
100
50
Perennial ryegrass
10
200
60
Red fescue, Chewings fescue
10
100
30
Red top
10
50
5
Rescue grass
10
200
200
Rough-stalked meadowgrass
10
50
5
Fine leaved sheep’s fescue
10
100
30
Hard fescue
10
100
30
Sheep’s fescue
10
100
30
Small Timothy
10
50
10
Smooth-stalked meadowgrass
10
50
5
Tall oatgrass
10
200
80
Tall fescue
10
100
50
Timothy
10
50
10
Velvet bent
10
50
5
Wood meadowgrass
10
50
5
Legumes
Alsike clover
10
200
20
Birdsfoot trefoil
10
200
30
Common vetch
30
1,000
1,000
Field bean
30
1,000
1,000
Field pea
30
1,000
1,000
Hairy vetch
30
1,000
1,000
Hungarian vetch
30
1,000
1,000
Lucerne
10
300
50
Narrow-leaved lupin (Blue lupin)
30
1,000
1,000
Red clover
10
300
50
Sainfoin
(a) fruit
10
600
600
(b) seed
10
400
400
Trefoil, Black medick
10
300
50
White clover
10
200
20
White lupin
30
1,000
1,000
Yellow lupin
30
1,000
1,000
Others
Fodder kale
10
200
100
Fodder radish
10
300
300
Swede
10
200
100

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/329/schedule/5/paragraph/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fodder-plant-seed-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-5/paragraph-26
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