The Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005

Standards for germination, analytical purity and content of seed of other plant species S

13.  The seed shall conform to the standards or other conditions as regards germination, analytical purity and the content of seeds of other plant species specified in the following table–

TABLE I

Species	Minimum germination (% by number of pure seeds or pure pellets)(a)	Maximum hard seed content (% by number of pure seeds or pure pellets)	Minimum analytical purity (% by weight)		Maximum total content of seeds of other plant species (% by weight)
	Basic Seed and Certified Seed	Basic Seed and Certified Seed	Basic Seed and Certified Seed (minimum standard)	Certified Seed (Higher Voluntary Standard)	Basic Seed	Certified Seed (minimum standard)	Certified Seed (Higher Voluntary Standard)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)
(a) All fresh and healthy seeds which do not germinate after pre-treatment shall be considered as seeds which have germinated.
(b) Up to the maximum content indicated in column (3), hard seeds present shall be considered as seeds capable of germination.
(c) Including Commercial Seed.
(d) For Commercial Seed 3.5%.
n/a Not applicable (no standard).
Grasses
Cocksfoot	80	n/a	90	90	0.3	1.5	1.5
Festulolium	75	n/a	96	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Hybrid ryegrass	75	n/a	96	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Italian ryegrass	75	n/a	96	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Meadow fescue	80	n/a	95	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Perennial ryegrass	80	n/a	96	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Red fescue	75	n/a	90	95	0.3	1.5	1.5
Smooth-stalked meadowgrass	75	n/a	85	90	0.3	2.0	1.5
Tall fescue	80	n/a	95	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Timothy (including small Timothy)	80	n/a	96	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Legumes
Lucerne	80(b)	40	97	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Red clover	80(b)	20	97	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Sainfoin	75(b) (c)	20(c)	95(c)	98	0.3	2.5(d)	1.5
White clover	80(b)	40	97	98	0.3	1.5	1.5

TABLE II

Species	Minimum germination (% by number of pure seeds or pure pellets)(a)	Maximum hard seed content (% by number of pure seeds or pure pellets)	Minimum analytical purity (% by weight)	Maximum total content of seeds of other plant species (% by weight)
	All categories	All categories	All categories	Basic Seed	Certified Seed, Certified Seed of the First and Second Generations
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
(a) All fresh and healthy seeds which do not germinate after pre-treatment shall be considered as seeds which have germinated.
(b) Up to the maximum content indicated in column (3), hard seeds present shall be considered as seeds capable of germination.
(c) For Commercial Seed 97%.
(d) For Commercial Seed 2.0%.
(e) For Commercial Seed 3.0%.
n/a Not applicable (no standard).
Grasses
Alaska brome-grass	75	n/a	97	0.4	1.5
Annual meadowgrass	75	n/a	85	0.3	2.0(e)
Brown top	75	n/a	90	0.3	2.0
Creeping bent	75	n/a	90	0.3	2.0
Red top	80	n/a	90	0.3	2.0
Rescue grass	75	n/a	97	0.4	1.5
Rough-stalked meadowgrass	75	n/a	85	0.3	2.0
[F1 Fine leaved sheep’s fescue	75	n/a	85	0.3	2.0]
[F1 Hard fescue	75	n/a	85	0.3	2.0]
Sheep’s fescue	75	n/a	85	0.3	2.0
Tall oatgrass	75	n/a	90	0.3	3.0
Velvet bent	75	n/a	90	0.3	2.0
Wood meadowgrass	75	n/a	85	0.3	2.0
Legumes
Aliske clover	80(b)	20	97	0.3	1.5
Birdsfoot trefoil	75(b)	40	95	0.3	1.8
Common vetch	85(b)	20	98	0.3	1.0
Field bean	80(b)	5	98	0.3	0.5
Field pea	80	n/a	98	0.3	0.5
Hairy vetch	85(b)	20	98	0.3	1.0
Hungarian vetch	85(b)	20	98(c)	0.3	1.0(d)
Narrow-leaved lupin (Blue lupin)	75(b)	20	[F2 98 (c)]	0.3	0.5
Trefoil	80(b)	20	97	0.3	1.5
White lupin	80(b)	20	[F2 98 (c)]	0.3	0.5
Yellow lupin	80(b)	20	[F2 98 (c)]	0.3	0.5
Others
Fodder kale	75	n/a	98	0.3	1.0
Fodder radish	80	n/a	97	0.3	1.0
Swede	80	n/a	98	0.3	1.0

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 4 para. 13 Table entry inserted (30.6.2010) by The Seed (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/219), regs. 1(2), 8(a)(i)

F2 Word in sch. 4 para. 13 Table substituted (30.6.2010) by The Seed (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/219), regs. 1(2), 8(a)(ii)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 4 para. 13 in force at 1.7.2005, see reg. 1(1)