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Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)

Regulations

Regulations relating to the Grading, Packing and Marking of Maize intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa

Part III : Sampling

11. Sampling if contents differ

 

(1) If, after an examination of the maize taken from different bags in a consignment in terms of regulation 10(1), it appears that the contents of those bags differ substantially—
(a) the bags concerned shall be placed separately;
(b) all the bags in the consignment concerned shall be sampled in order to do such separation; and
(c) each group of bags with similar contents  in that consignment  shall for the purposes of these regulations be deemed to be a separate consignment.

 

(2) If, after the discharge of a consignment of maize in bulk has commenced, it is suspected that the consignment could be of a class or grade other than that determined by means of the initial sampling, the discharge shall immediately be stopped and the part of the consignment remaining in the bulk container, as well as the grain that is already in the collecting tray, shall be sampled anew with a bulk sampling apparatus or by catching at least 20 samples at regular intervals throughout the whole offloading period with a suitable container from the stream of grain that is flowing in bulk.