Lentils

CSP 7.2.2 LENTILS WHOLE RED NO.1 GRADE MINIMUM EXPORT STANDARD FARMER DRESSED PARAMETER REQUIREMENTS COMMENTS / VARIATIONS Physical Characteristics The Red Lentils shall be hard and well filled. Purity 97% Min by weight Whole Red Lentils, Defective Red Lentils and Red Lentil seed coats. Moisture 14% Max ---- Defective Of which Container (bulk or bagged): 5% Max by weight Bulk vessel hold shipment: 10% Max by weight Both include Poor Seed Coat Colour and Poor Kernel Colour & Mould Red Lentils not of the specified variety. Red Lentil kernels that are black, broken, chipped, diseased, frost damaged, insect damaged, orange tip, sappy, shrivelled, split, sprouted, weather damaged, wrinkled. Includes pods that contain Red Lentils, whether broken or unbroken, loose seed coat, 3% blondes (Aldinga only) and all Red Lentil seed material falling through the 2mm slotted screen (Aldinga 2.2mm) - see Point 13 of Procedures. Mould 1% Max by weight* Mould (Field and / or Storage), Caked, Bin Burnt & Heat Damaged. Varietal Restriction 1% Max by weight Red Lentils not of the specified variety. Poor Seed Coat Colour 1% Max by weight Discoloured Red Lentils have excessive discolouration of the seed coat as per the GTA Visual Recognition Standards Guide. Includes any disease, frost and water staining. Poor Kernel Colour 1% Max by weight Discoloured Red Lentils have excessive discolouration of the kernel as per the GTA Visual Recognition Standards Guide. Includes any disease, frost and water staining, and green, brown, black, yellow, bleached and chalky white kernels. Contrasting Colour 1% Max by weight Contrasting colour of the seed coat in the same variety. Not classified as defective. Foreign Material 3% Max by weight, includes 0.5% Max by weight Unmillable Material Unmillable material and all vegetable matter other than Red Lentil seed material. Unmillable Material 0.5% Max by weight (of which 0.3% Max by weight soil) Soil, stones, sclerotes and non-vegetable matter. Please read important note re soil contamination see Point 14 of Procedures. Snails One (1) Max Dead. Whole or substantially whole (more than half) including bodies per 200g sample. Field Insects Fifteen (15) Max Dead per 200g sample. See Appendix C. Grasshoppers & Locusts Two (2) Max Dead or alive per 200g sample. See Appendix C. Foreign Seeds 2 cereal seeds Max Cereal seeds exception only. See Appendix B for the remaining tolerance levels. Objectionable Material Nil tolerance Includes Objectionable Odour, see Appendix A for more detail. Ryegrass Ergot Two (2) cms Max Pieces laid end to end per 200g sample. * When not in conflict with Storage and Handling Agreement or Marketing Contract. Please note that this Export Standard is in addition to the specific quarantine requirements of particular countries, as governed by Plant Export Operations.