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TABLE I
                      Maximum permitted content of seed impurities (by number or as a percentage by weight)
Species Weight of sample for deter-mination of foreign seeds by number (grams) Avena fatua, A.ludoviciana and A.sterilis (Wild oat) or Cuscuta spp. (Dodder) Rumex spp. (Docks, Sorrels) excluding R.acetosella (Sheep's sorrel) and R.maritimus (Golden dock) Alopecurus myosuroides (Blackgrass) Agropyron repens(Couch) Melilotus spp.(Sweetclovers) Maximum content of any one other plant species
                      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
Species Weight of sample for determination of foreign seeds by number (grams) Number Number Number Number Number Number % Number Number % Number Number % Number % %
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
Grasses
Cocksfoot 30 0 0(a) 2 5 5 5 0.3 10 5 0.3 10 n/a n/a 20(b) 1.0 0.5
Festulolium 60 0 0(a) 2 5 5 5 0.3 10 5 0.5 10 n/a n/a 20(b) 1.0 0.5(c),(f)
Hybrid ryegrass 60 0 0(a) 2 5 5 5 0.3 10 5 0.5 10 n/a n/a 20(b) 1.0 0.5(c),(f)
Italian ryegrass 60 0 0(a) 2 5 5 5 0.3 10 5 0.5 10 n/a n/a 20(b) 1.0 0.5(c),(f)
Meadow fescue 50 0 0(a) 2 5 5 5 0.3 10 5 0.5 10 n/a n/a 20(b) 1.0 0.5(e),(f)
Perennial ryegrass 60 0 0(a) 2 5 5 5 0.3 10 5 0.5 10 n/a n/a 20(b) 1.0 0.5(b),(f)
Red fescue 30 0 0(a) 2 5 5 5 0.3 10 5 0.5 10 n/a n/a 20(b) 1.0 0.5(f),(g)
Smooth-stalked meadowgrass 5 0 0(a) 1 2 2 1 0.3 3 1 0.3 3 n/a n/a 20(m) 1.0(k) 0.5(l)
Tall fescue 50 0 0(a) 2 5 5 5 0.3 10 5 0.5 10 n/a n/a 20(b) 1.0 0.5(e),(f)
Timothy (including Small Timothy) 10 0 0(a) 2 5 4 1 0.3 10 1 0.3 10 n/a n/a 20 1.0 0.5(d)
Legumes
Lucerne 50 0 0 3 10 10 n/a n/a 10 n/a n/a 10 0(h) 0.3 20 1.0 0.5
Red clover 50 0 0 5 10 10 n/a n/a 10 n/a n/a 10 0(h) 0.3 20 1.0 0.5
Sainfoin Seed/Fruit 400/600 0 0(j) 2 5(j) 5 n/a n/a(j) 10 n/a n/a(j) 10 0 0.3(j) 20 1.0(n) 0.5
White clover 20 0 0 5 10 10 n/a n/a 10 n/a n/a 10 0(h) 0.3 20 1.0 0.5
(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) There shall be no more than 80 seeds of meadowgrasses in a sample of the size specified in column (2).

(c) There shall be no more than 0.4% by weight of annual meadowgrass.

(d) There shall be no more than 0.3% by weight of bentgrasses.

(e) There shall be no more than 0.3% by weight of ryegrasses.

(f) There shall be no more than 0.3% by weight of rough-stalked meadowgrass.

(g) 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.

(h) One seed of sweetclover 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 from seed of sweetclovers.

(j) Including Commercial Seed.

(k) In Certified Seed there shall be no more than 0.8% by weight of seeds of other meadowgrasses.

(l) In Certified Seed there shall be no more than 0.4% by weight of seeds of other meadowgrasses.

(m) In Basic seed of meadowgrass there shall be no more than 1 seed of meadowgrasses other than the species being examined, in a sample of 500 seeds.

(n) For Commercial Seed 2.0% .

n/a Not applicable (no standard).


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