Higher voluntary standards for fodder seed
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26. In the case of cocksfoot, festulolium, hybrid ryegrass, Italian ryegrass, lucerne, meadow fescue, perennial ryegrass, red clover, red fescue, sainfoin, small timothy, timothy, smooth stalked meadow grass, tall fescue and white clover, certified seed (CS) may be marketed as certified seed of a higher voluntary standard, where the sample of seed taken under paragraph 25(2) satisfies the standards specified in the following Table.
| Column header | Minimum analytical purity (% by weight) | Total weight of all other species (% by weight) | Total weight of a single other species (% by weight) | Seed of Rumex spp excluding R acetosella and R maritimus | Seed of couch | Seed of blackgrass | Limits of other specific species |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine grasses | |||||||
| festulolium | 98 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| red fescue | 95 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | The sample must have no more than four seeds of ryegrass, cocksfoot, meadow fescue and 0.3% rough stalked meadowgrass |
| smooth-stalked meadowgrass | 90 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Maximum of 0.4% by weight of seed of other meadowgrass |
| Fodder grasses | |||||||
| cocksfoot | 90 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | |
| meadow fescue, tall fescue | 98 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0.3% rough stalked meadowgrass, 0.3% ryegrass |
| hybrid ryegrass, Italian ryegrass, perennial ryegrass | 98 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0.4% annual meadowgrass, 0.3% rough stalked meadowgrass |
| small timothy, timothy | 98 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0.3% Argostis spp |
| Small seeded legumes | |||||||
| lucerne, red clover, white clover | 98 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0.3% Melitotus spp |
sainfoin | 98 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0.3% Melitotus spp |