The Oil and Fibre Plant Seed (Wales) Regulations 2004

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 —

Species	Harmful organisms
	Maximum percentage by number of seeds contaminated by harmful organisms (total per column)
	Botrytis	Alternaria 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)
Flax	5	5	Not applicable
Hemp	5	Not applicable	Not applicable
Linseed	5	5	Not applicable
Sunflower	5	Not applicable	10
Swede rape	Not applicable	Not applicable	10
Turnip rape	Not applicable	Not applicable	5
White mustard	Not applicable	Not applicable	5

(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%.