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

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

Part V : Determination of Class, Hectolitre Mass, Moisture Content, Protein Content and Falling Number

17. Determination of falling number in wheat

 

(1) The falling number of a consignment of wheat may be determined according to any suitable method: Provided that—
(a) the determination shall be conducted on a sample which had been sifted using a screen with the same apertures as the standard sieve and from which other grain, unthreshed ears and foreign matter had been removed by hand; and
(b) the results thus obtained are in accordance (± 5 percent) with the results obtained by the latest revision of the ICC (International Association for Cereal Science and Technology) 107/1 method.

 

(2) If the falling number of a consignment of wheat is determined according to the latest revision of the ICC (International Association for Cereal Science and Technology) 107/1 method —
(a) the sampling in the mentioned method shall be replaced with the manner prescribed in regulation 9; and
(b) only the altitude corrected value shall be used.

 

 


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