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The Oil and Fibre Plant Seeds Regulations 1993
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Sample Reduction
j.
Before reduction, the composite sample shall have been thoroughly mixed using procedures c.—i. The contents of one of the two receiving pans shall then be set aside. If the seed in the second pan is of least the minimum weight prescribed in Part II below for a submitted sample of a particular kind of seed, it may be used as the submitted sample. If the weight of seed in the second pan is greater than the appropriate minimum weight prescribed in Part II below for a submitted sample, it may be reduced using the following procedures (k.—m.).
k.
Empty pans shall be placed under the spouts.
l.
The contents of the second pan shall be poured into the hopper and procedures e. and f. shall be repeated.
m.
The contents of one of the two pans into which the seed has passed shall then be set aside. If the weight of seed in the other pan is still greater than the appropriate minimum weight prescribed in Part II below for a submitted sample, it may be submitted intact or it may be reduced further using procedures k.—m.
n.
If the weight of seed in either of the two pans at either j. or m. is less than the appropriate minimum weight prescribed for a submitted sample in Part II below, the following procedures (o.—s.) shall be used.
o.
Empty pans shall be placed under the spouts.
p.
The contents of one of the pans shall be set aside. The contents of the other pan shall be poured into the centre of the hopper and procedures e. and f. shall be repeated.
q.
One receiving pan and its contents shall then be removed and replaced with an empty pan. The other pan, with its contents, shall be left in place.
r.
The contents of the pan removed at q. shall be poured into the centre of the hopper and procedures e. and f. shall be repeated so that two subsamples of different weight shall be produced.
s.
Procedures q. and r. above, when repeated, constitute the process of continuous halving, and shall be repeated using whichever subsample is appropriate until sufficient seed is obtained in one pan, which when added to the seed set aside at p., produces a submitted sample of at least the appropriate minimum weight prescribed in Part II below.
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