ANNEX ICEREALS

PART IIMinimum quality requirements referred to in Part I

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)

Durum wheat

Common wheat

Barley

Maize

Sorghum

F1A.Maximum moisture content

14,5 %

14,5 %

14,5 %

13,5 %

13,5 %

B.

Maximum percentage of matter which is not basic cereal of unimpaired quality:

12 %

12 %

12 %

12 %

12 %

1.

Broken grains

6 %

5 %

5 %

5 %

5 %

2.

Impurities consisting of grains (other than indicated at 3)

5 %

7 %

12 %

5 %

5 %

of which:

  1. (a)

    shrivelled grains

—

—

—

—

—

  1. (b)

    other cereals

3 %

—

5 %

—

—

  1. (c)

    grains damaged by pests

—

—

—

—

—

  1. (d)

    grains in which the germ is discoloured

—

—

—

—

—

  1. (e)

    grains overheated during drying

0,5 %

0,5 %

3 %

0,5 %

0,5 %

3.

Mottled grains and/or grains affected with fusariosis, of which

5 %

—

—

—

—

  • grains affected with fusariosis

1,5 %

—

—

—

—

4.

Sprouted grains

4 %

4 %

6 %

6 %

6 %

5.

Miscellaneous impurities (Schwarzbesatz), of which:

3 %

3 %

3 %

3 %

3 %

  1. (a)

    extraneous seeds:

—

—

—

—

—

  • noxious

0,1 %

0,1 %

0,1 %

0,1 %

0,1 %

  • other

—

—

—

—

—

  1. (b)

    damaged grains: of which:

  • grains damaged by spontaneous heating or too extreme heating during drying

0,05 %

0,05 %

—

—

—

  • other

—

—

—

—

—

  1. (c)

    extraneous matter

—

—

—

—

—

  1. (d)

    husks

—

—

—

—

—

  1. (e)

    ergot

0,05 %

0,05 %

—

—

—

  1. (f)

    decayed grains

—

—

—

—

—

  1. (g)

    dead insects and fragments of insects

—

—

—

—

—

F1C.Maximum percentage of wholly or partially mitadiné grains

27 %

n.a.

n a.

n.a.

n.a.

D.Maximum tannin content24

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1 %

E.Minimum specific weight (kg/hl)

78

73

62

n.a.

n.a.

F.Minimum protein content24

11,5 %

10,5 %

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

G.Hagberg falling number (seconds)

220

220

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

H.Minimum Zeleny index (ml)

n.a.

22

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

As a percentage of dry matter.

‘—’

No specific provision applicable.

‘F2n.a.’:not applicable, not requiring analysis.

Matter other than basic cereals of unimpaired quality shall be as defined in Part III of this Annex.

Grains of basic cereals and other cereals which are damaged, affected by ergot or decayed shall be classified as ‘miscellaneous impurities’ even if they have defects which belong to other categories.