N.D. Admin Code 74-06-01-03 - Grading admixtures

1. Conspicuous admixtures: over one percent to three and five-tenths percent inseparable foreign material that is conspicuous, grade Rapeseed, "Rejected Admixture" (Inseparable Seeds) and the excess over two and five-tenths percent is added to the dockage. Samples containing over three and five-tenths percent grade Rapeseed, Samples North Dakota "Admixtures" (Inseparable Seeds).

2. Inconspicuous admixtures refers to common wild mustard and domestic brown mustard seeds. Up to five percent in rapeseed is disregarded in grading. Samples containing in excess of five percent to fifty percent grade Rapeseed, Sample North Dakota "Admixture" (Inseparable Seeds); over fifty percent including conspicuous admixtures, grade "Refuse Screenings," (Rapeseed).

3. Earth pellets (soft) are handpicked from the cleaned sample and up to two and five-tenths percent are added to the dockage; over two and five-tenths percent grade Rapeseed, Sample North Dakota "Admixture" (Earth Pellets).

4. Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum: in excess of three-tenths percent grade Rapeseed, Sample North Dakota "Admixture" (Sclerotinia).

5. Stones: over five-hundredths percent to two and five-tenths percent grade Rapeseed, Rejected; stones over two and five-tenths percent grade Sample Salvage.

Notes

N.D. Admin Code 74-06-01-03

Effective September 1, 1979.

General Authority: NDCC 4.1-53-11(6)

Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-53-11(6)