The Oil and Fibre Plant Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/1613
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Title and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Oil and Fibre Plant Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 5th August 1992.

Section 2 Amendment

(1) The Oil and Fibre Plant Seeds Regulations 1985 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In Schedule 4 Part IIA paragraph 3 shall be numbered 3.—(1) and there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

(2) In soya bean,

(a) the maximum number of sub-samples within a sample of 5,000 seeds minimum per lot subdivided into 5 sub-samples which have been found to be contaminated by Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea shall not exceed 4;

(b) the maximum number of seeds contaminated by Diaporthe phaseolorum shall not exceed 15%; and

(c) the percentage by weight of inert matter shall not exceed 0.3%.