N.D. Admin Code 74-06-01-04 - Soundness

To assess the amount of distinctly green seeds and heat-damaged rapeseed, a minimum of five strips of one hundred seeds each shall be crushed with a roller and examined. The percent of damage shall be based on the crushed count from the cleaned sample.

1. "Broken seeds" refers to any broken rapeseed that is not assessed as dockage and otherwise sound is considered as sound.

2. "Damaged" includes seeds that are distinctly shrunken or shriveled as from frost, discolored as from mold, completely rimed or excessive weathering, distinctly green seeds, sprouted, heated, or otherwise distinctly damaged seeds.

3. "Distinctly green seeds" refers to rapeseed after being crushed, is of a vivid green color throughout the seed.

4. "Heat-damaged seed" includes rapeseed and pieces of rapeseed which have been discolored - light tan to charcoal black - and damaged by excessive respiration or any other heating or drying process. Samples containing heated in excess of two percent or having a distinctly heated odor in combination with any heated seeds, grade Rapeseed North Dakota "Heated".

5. "Odor" includes sharp, acrid odors usually caused by rapeseed that has gone through a heating condition due to excessive respiration. The determination of odor shall be based on the strips of rapeseed used to determine heat damage, after crushing. Rapeseed that is distinctly sour, musty, or has a commercially objectionable odor will be graded Sample North Dakota "Odor".

Notes

N.D. Admin Code 74-06-01-04

Effective September 1, 1979.

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

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