SCHEDULE 2Certification requirements

PART 2 Cereals

CHAPTER 2Higher voluntary standards

Higher voluntary standards for cereals16

1

Barley, oats, wheat (including durum wheat and spelt wheat) or naked oats classified as basic seed, or certified seed of categories C1 or C2, may be marketed as being of a higher voluntary standard, which is a standard higher than that regulated under Chapter 1, if it meets the higher standards in this Chapter.

2

The crop must have at least 99.99% (by number) species purity.

3

Other than a hybrid, the minimum varietal purity of seed is—

a

99.95% for basic seed;

b

99.9% for C1 seed;

c

99.7% for C2 seed.

4

In the case of C1 and C2 the seed must have 99% by weight analytical purity.