Agriculture is one of the hugest sectors of economics. A lot of agriculture products are well known all over the world. In due to favorable climatic parameters of our country we can cultivate most of the known farm crops on our large area.
S/N |
Characteristics |
Grade |
Method of test |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
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i) |
Moisture, % m/m max. |
14 |
ISO 24557 |
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ii) |
Size grading, % m/m min. |
98 |
98 |
n/a |
ISO 605
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iii) |
Purity, % m/m min. |
99.0 |
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iv) |
Defective, % m/m max |
2.0 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
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v) |
Immature grain % m/m max. |
2.0 |
3.0 |
4.0 |
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vi) |
Contrasting classes, % m/m max. |
0.5 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
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vii) |
Classes that blend, % m/m max. |
5.0 |
10.0 |
15.0 |
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viii) |
Germination, % max. (excluding hard seeds) |
90 |
n/a |
n/a |
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ix) |
Sprout test |
Suitable |
n/a |
n/a |
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x) |
Foreign material % m/m max |
Organic |
0.65 |
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inorganic |
0.25 |
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Filth |
0.1 |
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xi) |
Other edible grains, % m/m max.
(any edible grains including oilseeds other than green grams)
|
0.1
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0.5
|
3.0
|
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xii) |
Inset /pest damaged, % m/m max.
(grains per cent by count clean-cut weevil bored)
|
1
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2
|
3
|
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xiii) |
Total aflatoxin (AFB1+AFB2+AFG1
+AFG2), ppb max.
|
10 |
ISO 16050 |
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xiv) |
Aflatoxin B1, ppb max |
5 |
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xv) |
Fumonisin ppm max. |
2 |
AOAC 2001.04 |