The Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations 1993

MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF A SEED LOT AND MINIMUM WEIGHT OF A SUBMITTED SAMPLE

The maximum weight of a seed lot and minimum weight of a submitted sample shall be as indicated below save that the maximum lot weights in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) below may be exceeded by not more than 5%:—

(a) For the following kinds of seeds—

White lupin	Hungarian vetch	Field pea
Narrow-leaved lupin (Blue lupin)	Common vetch	Field bean
Yellow lupin	Hairy vetch

(i) the maximum weight of a lot shall be 20 tonnes

(ii) the minimum weight of a submitted sample shall be 1,000 g except that for white lupin, narrow-leaved lupin (blue lupin), yellow lupin, field pea and field beanthe minimum weight shall be, for Breeder’s Seed, Pre-basic Seed and Basic Seed—3,000 g Certified Seed, Certified Seed 1st and 2nd Generations—2,000 g.

(b) For all other kinds of seeds the maximum weight of a lot shall be 10 tonnes and the minimum weight of a submitted sample shall be as stated:—

Kinds of seeds	Minimum submitted sample weights (g)
Breeder's, Pre-basic and Basic Seed	All other Categories
Velvet bent	150	50
Red top	150	50
Creeping bent	150	50
Brown top	150	50
Tall oatgrass	300	200
Rescue grass	300	200
Alaska brome-grass	300	200
Cocksfoot	300	200
Fescues	300	200
Festulolium	200	200
Ryegrass	300	200
Timothy	200	100
Meadowgrasses	150	50
Birdsfoot trefoil	300	200
Trefoil	300	300
Lucerne	300	300
Sainfoin-fruit	600	600
Sainfoin-seed	400	400
Alsike clover	300	200
Red clover	300	300
White clover	300	200
Swede	300	200
Fodder Kale	300	200
Fodder radish	300	300

(c) The maximum weight of a seed lot of a mixture of seeds to which regulation 5(2) applies shall be 10 tonnes, except that, where more than 50% of the mixture consists of kinds of seeds for which the maximum seed lot weight prescribed in seeds regulations is 20 tonnes or more, the maximum weight of a mixture shall be 20 tonnes.