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The Oil and Fibre Plant Seed (Wales) Regulations 2004

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9.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), in any sample of seed of the species specified in column 1 of the following table harmful organisms of the type specified in columns 2, 3 and 4 of the table shall not exceed the number specified in the relevant corresponding entry of the table —

SpeciesHarmful organisms
Maximum percentage by number of seeds contaminated by harmful organisms (total per column)
BotrytisAlternaria spp., Ascochyta linicola (syn. Phoma linicola), Collectotrichum lini, Fusarium spp.Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (maximum number of sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia in a sample of the weight specified in column 4 of the table in Schedule 7)
Column (1)Column (2)Column (3)Column (4)
Flax55Not applicable
Hemp5Not applicableNot applicable
Linseed55Not applicable
Sunflower5Not applicable10
Swede rapeNot applicableNot applicable10
Turnip rapeNot applicableNot applicable5
White mustardNot applicableNot applicable5

(2) In the case of flax, the maximum percentage by number of seeds contaminated by Ascochyta linicola (syn Phoma linicola) shall not exceed 1%.

(3) In the case of seed of soya bean —

(a)the maximum number of sub-samples within a sample of 5,000 seeds minimum per lot sub-divided into 5 sub-samples which have been found to be contaminated by Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea shall not exceed 4;

(b)the maximum number of seeds contaminated by Diaporthe phaseolorum shall not exceed 15%; and

(c)the percentage by weight of inert matter shall not exceed 0.3%.

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