Minimum standards for purity and other species of seed in the sample
30. The sample taken under paragraph 28(2) for the purpose of Council Directive 66/401/EEC must have the minimum standards set out in the following table.
| Column header | Minimum analytical purity (% by weight) | Total weight of all other species (% by weight) | Total weight of a single other species (% by weight) | Seed of Rumex spp excluding R acetosella and R maritimus | Seed of couch | Seed of blackgrass | Limits of other specific species |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine grasses | |||||||
| festulolium | 98 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| red fescue | 95 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | The sample must have no more than four seeds ryegrass, cocksfoot, meadow fescue and 0.3% rough stalked meadow grass |
| smooth-stalked meadowgrass | 90 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Maximum of 0.4% by weight of seed of other meadow grass |
| Fodder grasses | |||||||
| cocksfoot | 90 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | |
| meadow fescue, tall fescue | 98 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0.3% rough stalked meadow grass, 0.3% ryegrass |
| hybrid ryegrass, Italian ryegrass, perennial ryegrass | 98 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0.4% annual meadowgrass, 0.3% rough stalked meadow grass |
| small timothy, timothy | 98 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0.3% Agrostis spp |
| Small seeded legumes | |||||||
| lucerne, red clover, white clover | 98 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0.3% Melitotus spp |
| sainfoin | 98 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0.3% Melitotus spp |