# The Seed (Registration, Licensing and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2002, Paragraph 6: Sampling from small containers


For sampling seed lots in containers holding less than 15kg of seed, a 100kg weight of seed shall be taken as the basic unit and the small containers shall be combined to form sampling units not exceeding this weight (for example, six packages of 15kg or twenty packages of 5kg). For sampling purposes each unit shall be regarded as one container and the sampling procedures prescribed in paragraphs 4 and 5 shall be used.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3176/schedule/5/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/seed-registration-licensing-and-enforcement-england-regulations-2002/schedule-5/paragraph-6
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