{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fodder-plant-seeds-regulations-1993/schedule-4/part-II/crossheading-conditions-relating-to-the-seeds",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fodder-plant-seeds-regulations-1993/schedule-4/part-II/crossheading-conditions-relating-to-the-seeds.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2009",
  "legislation_title": "The Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fodder-plant-seeds-regulations-1993",
  "path": "schedule/4/part/II/crossheading/conditions-relating-to-the-seeds",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE SEEDS",
  "text": "Kind\nWeight of sample for determination of foreign seeds by number grams\nMaximum permitted content of seed impurities (by number or as a percentage by weight)\nAvena fatua A. ludovicianaandA. Sterilis(Wild Oat) or Cuscuta spp. (Dodder)\nRumexspp. (Docks and Sorrels) excluding R. acetosella(Sheep’s sorrel) and R. maritimus (Golden dock)\nAllopecurus myosuroides(Blackgrass)\nAgropyron repens(couch)\nMelilotus(Sweetclovers)\nMaximum content of any one other plant species\nOther Requirements\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\nNo.\nNo.\nNo.\nNo.\nNo.\nNo.\n%\nNo.\nNo.\n%\nNo.\nNo.\n%\nNo.\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(19)\na 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.\nb The presence of a maximum of 80 seeds of Poa spp. in a sample of the size specified in column (2) shall not be regarded as an impurity.\nc There shall be no more than 0.4% by weight of annual meadowgrass.\nd In Basic Seed awned ryegrass seeds shall not exceed 5 seeds in a sample of the size specified in column (2) of seeds of a variety known not to produce seeds with awns. In Certified Seed awned ryegrass seeds shall not exceed 1% by weight in seeds of a variety known not to produce seeds with awns.\ne There shall be no more than 0.3% by weight ofAgrostisspp.\nf There shall be no more than 0.3% by weight of ryegrasses.\ng There shall be no more than 0.3% by weight of rough-stalked meadowgrass.\nh 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.\nj One seed of Melilotusspp. 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 of Melilotusspp.\nk Including Commercial Seed.\nl In Certified Seed a maximum of 0.8% by weight of seeds of other meadowgrasses shall not be regarded as an impurity.\nm In Certified Seed a maximum of 0.4% by weight of seeds of other meadowgrasses shall not be regarded as an impurity.\nPerennial ryegrass\n60\n0\n0\n2\n5\n5\n5\n0.3\n10\n5\n0.5\n10\n—\n—\n20\n1.0\n0.5,\nItalian ryegrass\n60\n0\n0\n2\n5\n5\n5\n0.3\n10\n5\n0.5\n10\n—\n—\n20\n1.0\n0.5,\nHybrid ryegrass\n60\n0\n0\n2\n5\n5\n5\n0.3\n10\n5\n0.5\n10\n—\n—\n20\n1.0\n0.5,\nCocksfoot\n30\n0\n0\n2\n5\n5\n5\n0.3\n10\n5\n0.3\n10\n—\n—\n20\n1.0\n0.5\nTimothy\n10\n0\n0\n2\n5\n4\n1\n0.3\n10\n1\n0.3\n10\n—\n—\n20\n1.0\n0.5\nMeadow fescue\n50\n0\n0\n2\n5\n5\n5\n0.3\n10\n5\n0.5\n10\n—\n—\n20\n1.0\n0.5,\nSmooth-stalked Meadowgrass\n5\n0\n0\n1\n2\n2\n1\n0.3\n3\n1\n0.3\n3\n—\n—\n20\n1.0\n0.5\nRed fescue\n30\n0\n0\n2\n5\n5\n5\n0.3\n10\n5\n0.5\n10\n—\n—\n20\n1.0\n0.5\nFestulolium\n60\n0\n0\n2\n5\n—\n5\n0.3\n—\n5\n0.5\n10\n—\n—\n20\n1.0\n—\nTall fescue\n50\n0\n0\n2\n5\n5\n5\n0.3\n10\n5\n0.5\n10\n—\n—\n20\n1.0\n0.5,\nRed clover\n50\n0\n0\n5\n10\n10\n—\n—\n10\n—\n—\n10\n0\n0.3\n20\n1.0\n0.5\nWhite clover\n20\n0\n0\n5\n10\n10\n—\n—\n10\n—\n—\n10\n0\n0.3\n20\n1.0\n0.5\nSainfoin Seed/fruit\n400/600\n0\n0\n2\n5\n5\n—\n—\n10\n—\n—\n10\n0\n0.3\n20\n1.0\n0.5\nLucerne\n50\n0\n0\n3\n10\n10\n—\n—\n10\n—\n—\n10\n0\n0.3\n20\n1.0\n0.5",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "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": "b The presence of a maximum of 80 seeds of Poa spp. in a sample of the size specified in column (2) shall not be regarded as an impurity."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "c There shall be no more than 0.4% by weight of annual meadowgrass."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "g There shall be no more than 0.3% by weight of rough-stalked meadowgrass."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "d In Basic Seed awned ryegrass seeds shall not exceed 5 seeds in a sample of the size specified in column (2) of seeds of a variety known not to produce seeds with awns. In Certified Seed awned ryegrass seeds shall not exceed 1% by weight in seeds of a variety known not to produce seeds with awns."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "e There shall be no more than 0.3% by weight ofAgrostisspp."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "f There shall be no more than 0.3% by weight of ryegrasses."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "l In Certified Seed a maximum of 0.8% by weight of seeds of other meadowgrasses shall not be regarded as an impurity."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "m In Certified Seed a maximum of 0.4% by weight of seeds of other meadowgrasses shall not be regarded as an impurity."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "h 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": "f11",
      "text": "j One seed of Melilotusspp. 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 of Melilotusspp."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "k Including Commercial Seed."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2004/380",
      "affecting_title": "The Fodder Plant Seeds Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/2529",
      "affecting_title": "The Fodder Plant Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1993"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2009/schedule/4/part/II/crossheading/conditions-relating-to-the-seeds",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:52:07.655383+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}