# The Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations 1993, CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE SEEDS


Kind
Weight of sample for determination of foreign seeds by number grams
Maximum permitted content of seed impurities (by number or as a percentage by weight)
Avena fatua A. ludovicianaandA. Sterilis(Wild Oat) or Cuscuta spp. (Dodder)
Rumexspp. (Docks and Sorrels) excluding R. acetosella(Sheep’s sorrel) and R. maritimus (Golden dock)
Allopecurus myosuroides(Blackgrass)
Agropyron repens(couch)
Melilotus(Sweetclovers)
Maximum content of any one other plant species
Other Requirements
Basic Seed
Certified Seed
Basic Seed
Certified Seed
Basic Seed
Certified Seed
Basic Seed
Certified Seed
Basic Seed
Certified Seed
Basic Seed
Certified Seed
Minimum Standard and Higher Voluntary Standard
Minimum Standard
Higher Voluntary Standard
Minimum Standard
Higher Voluntary Standard
Minimum Standard
Higher Voluntary Standard
Minimum Standard and Higher Voluntary Standard
Minimum Standard
Higher Voluntary Standard
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
%
No.
No.
%
No.
No.
%
No.
%
%
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
(16)
(17)
(18)
(19)
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.
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.
c There shall be no more than 0.4% by weight of annual meadowgrass.
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.
e There shall be no more than 0.3% by weight ofAgrostisspp.
f There shall be no more than 0.3% by weight of ryegrasses.
g There shall be no more than 0.3% by weight of rough-stalked meadowgrass.
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.
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.
k Including Commercial Seed.
l In Certified Seed a maximum of 0.8% by weight of seeds of other meadowgrasses shall not be regarded as an impurity.
m In Certified Seed a maximum of 0.4% by weight of seeds of other meadowgrasses shall not be regarded as an impurity.
Perennial ryegrass
60
0
0
2
5
5
5
0.3
10
5
0.5
10
—
—
20
1.0
0.5,
Italian ryegrass
60
0
0
2
5
5
5
0.3
10
5
0.5
10
—
—
20
1.0
0.5,
Hybrid ryegrass
60
0
0
2
5
5
5
0.3
10
5
0.5
10
—
—
20
1.0
0.5,
Cocksfoot
30
0
0
2
5
5
5
0.3
10
5
0.3
10
—
—
20
1.0
0.5
Timothy
10
0
0
2
5
4
1
0.3
10
1
0.3
10
—
—
20
1.0
0.5
Meadow fescue
50
0
0
2
5
5
5
0.3
10
5
0.5
10
—
—
20
1.0
0.5,
Smooth-stalked Meadowgrass
5
0
0
1
2
2
1
0.3
3
1
0.3
3
—
—
20
1.0
0.5
Red fescue
30
0
0
2
5
5
5
0.3
10
5
0.5
10
—
—
20
1.0
0.5
Festulolium
60
0
0
2
5
—
5
0.3
—
5
0.5
10
—
—
20
1.0
—
Tall fescue
50
0
0
2
5
5
5
0.3
10
5
0.5
10
—
—
20
1.0
0.5,
Red clover
50
0
0
5
10
10
—
—
10
—
—
10
0
0.3
20
1.0
0.5
White clover
20
0
0
5
10
10
—
—
10
—
—
10
0
0.3
20
1.0
0.5
Sainfoin Seed/fruit
400/600
0
0
2
5
5
—
—
10
—
—
10
0
0.3
20
1.0
0.5
Lucerne
50
0
0
3
10
10
—
—
10
—
—
10
0
0.3
20
1.0
0.5

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2009/schedule/4/part/II/crossheading/conditions-relating-to-the-seeds (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fodder-plant-seeds-regulations-1993/schedule-4/part-II/crossheading-conditions-relating-to-the-seeds
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