Red, Brown, Green split and whole lentils

Product Description

Physical Characteristics The Lentils shall be red, hard and well fi lled.   VARP Purity minimum (% by weight) Includes whole Red Small Lentils excluding Northfi eld, defective Lentils and seed coats. *7 *7 MOGRMoisture maximum (%) *4 *4 Defective Grains maximum % by weight per minimum **0g sample. Defective defi nitions are to be read in conjunction with the photo in the Visual Recognition Standards Guide which depicts the minimum standard for a grain to be classifi ed as defective. DEFG Total Defective maximum (% by weight per minimum **0g sample) Red Lentils not of the specifi ed 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, wheather 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). 4 8 PSCC OF WHICH Poor Seed Coat Colour maximum (% by weight per minimum **0g sample) Seed coats vary from dark brown to black, but may be depicted by other colours. Seed coats may be similar in appearance to various other defects such as Bin Burnt & Heat Damaged, Fungal Aff ected or Mouldy and Caked. Does not include Contrasting Colour. Where any poor colour is present on the seed coat, it is recommended the kernel also be inspected. 1 3 PKC OF WHICH Poor Kernel Colour (% by weight per minimum **0g sample) Poor Colour Kernel refers to excessive discolouration of the kernel often depicted as a green colour. Includes: green, brown, black, yellow, bleached and chalky white kernels or any other discolouration. 1 1 VRTY OF WHICH Variety (% by weight per minimum **0g sample) Red Lentils not of the specifi ed variety. 1 1 COCO Contrasting Colour (% by weight per minimum **0g sample) Contrasting colour of the seed coat in the same variety. Not classifi ed as defective. 1 1 SEVE Severely Damaged maximum (count per **0g sample) Mould, heat damaged/burnt, or other serious visual defects. Grains that have become severely discoloured. 1 1 Foreign Seed Contaminants Tolerances apply to whole seeds or their equivalent in pieces and refer to the maximum total of all seeds named in each type per **0g. Except Type(1) in which the maximum applies on an individual seed basis per **0g. WS1 TYPE(1): Colocynth, Doublegees / Spiny Emex / Three Cornered Jack, Jute, Long Head Poppy, Mexican Poppy, New Zealand Spinach, Parthenium Weed** (QLD only), Poppy (Field), Poppy (Horned), Wild Poppy 4* 4* WS2 TYPE(2): Castor Oil Plant, Coriander, Crow Garlic/Wild Garlic, Darling Pea, Opium Poppy, Parthenium Weed** (NSW/VIC/SA), Ragweed, Rattlepods, Starburr, St. Johns Wort NIL NIL WS3A TYPE(3a): Bathurst Burr, Bulls Head/Caltrop/Cats Head, Cape Tulip, Cottonseed, Dodder, Noogoora Burr, Thornapple 1 1 WS3B TYPE(3b): Vetch (Tare), Vetch (Commercial) 2 2 WS3C TYPE(3c): Heliotrope (Blue)***, Heliotrope (Common)*** 4 4 WS4 TYPE(4): Bindweed (Field), Cutleaf Mignonette, Darnel (Drake Seed), Hexham Scent / King Island Meliltot ****, Hoary Cress, Mintweed, Nightshades, Paddy Melon, Skeleton Weed, Variegated Thistle *0 *0 WS5 TYPE(5): Knapweed, Sesbania Pea, Pattersons Curse / Salvation Jane *0 *0 WS6 TYPE(6): Colombus Grass, Johnson Grass, Saff ron Thistle, Clover (Pods), Lucerne (Pods), Marshmallow (Pods), Medic (Pods), Muskweed (Pods), Sow Thistle (Heads), Wild Radish (Pods), Trefoil (Pods) 5 5 WS7A TYPE(7a): Adzuki Beans, Broad Beans, Cowpea, Chickpeas (Desi / Kabuli), Faba Beans, Lupin, Maize / Corn, Mung beans, Peas (Field), Pigeon Peas, Soybean, any other seeds or pods greater than 5mm diameter not listed in the Standards. *0 *0 WS7B TYPE(7b): Barley (2 row), Barley (6 row), Bindweed (Australian), Bindweed (Black), Carrot Weed, Durum, Oats (Black or Wild)******, Oats (Sand)******, Oats (Common)******, Rice, Rye (Cereal), Sorghum (Grain), Triticale, Turnip Weed Pods (irrespective of size), Wheat, and any other foreign seed not already specifi ed in Types *-C or in SFS. *0 *0 WS7C TYPE(7c): Saffl  ower, Sunfl ower 1 1 WS8 TYPE(8): Bellvine **0 **0 WSC Cereals(C): Wheat, Durum, Barley, Oats (common), Sorghum, Triticale, Cereal Rye, Maize, Rice 2 2 SFS Small Foreign Seeds maximum (% by weight) Foreign seeds not already specifi ed in Types *-C that fall in the catchpan during the screenings process. 0.6% 0.6% *Individual seed basis         **Parthenium Weed is a NIL tolerance in NSW/VIC/SA ***Heliotrope pods must be opened and the seeds counted       ****Hexham Scent is only acceptable if no tainting odour is present    ******Counted individually if clustered Other Contaminants Maximum per **0g sample unless otherwise stated. Note: NIL tolerance applies to the entire load. FMAT Foreign Material maximum (% by weight) Includes: unmillable material and all vegetable matter other than red Lentil seed material, including any Foreign Seeds. 3 3 UNML OF WHICH                                                                                                                                                                                              Unmillable Material maximum (% by weight) - Includes: soil, stones and non-vegetable matter. 0.5 0.5 SOIL OF WHICH Soil maximum (% by weight) 0.3 0.3 SNAL Snails maximum (by count per **0g) Dead or alive. Whole or substantially whole (more than half) including bodies per **0g sample. 1 1 GUMN Gumnuts maximum (count per 2 kg sample) Whole or pieces of gumnut of any size and maturity level. 1 1 GWBL Field Insects Live or Dead maximum (by count per **0g) Includes: ladybirds, minute mould beetles, pea weevil (dead only), sitona weevil, desiantha weevil, wood bugs, other fi eld insects. *5 *5 GRLO Grasshoppers & Locusts, Live or Dead maximum (by count per **0g sample) 2 2 OBJM Objectionable Material maximum (entire load) Includes: animal excreta, rodents, crushed insect bodies or parts that adhere to the grain, live stored grain insect pests, pea weevil (live only), glass, metal, concrete, pickling compounds, tainting agents, odours, fertiliser, sticks or any other commercially unacceptable contaminant, smell or taste. NIL NIL ERGR Ryegrass Ergot maximum (length in cm when pieces are laid end to end per **0g sample) 2cm 2cm CHEM Non Approved Treatment Chemicals or Treatment Levels above Legal Tolerances maximum (entire load) Residues of any chemical compound not approved for use on pulses, used in contravention of the labelled instructions or chemicals in excess of the Australian MRL. N
**0g sample unless otherwise stated. Note: NIL tolerance applies to the entire load. FMAT Foreign Material maximum (% by weight) Includes: unmillable material and all vegetable matter other than red Lentil seed material, including any Foreign Seeds. 3 3 UNML OF WHICH                                                                                                                                                                                              Unmillable Material maximum (% by weight) - Includes: soil, stones and non-vegetable matter. 0.5 0.5 SOIL OF WHICH Soil maximum (% by weight) 0.3 0.3 SNAL Snails maximum (by count per **0g) Dead or alive. Whole or substantially whole (more than half) including bodies per **0g sample. 1 1 GUMN Gumnuts maximum (count per 2 kg sample) Whole or pieces of gumnut of any size and maturity level. 1 1 GWBL Field Insects Live or Dead maximum (by count per **0g) Includes: ladybirds, minute mould beetles, pea weevil (dead only), sitona weevil, desiantha weevil, wood bugs, other fi eld insects. *5 *5 GRLO Grasshoppers & Locusts, Live or Dead maximum (by count per **0g sample) 2 2 OBJM Objectionable Material maximum (entire load) Includes: animal excreta, rodents, crushed insect bodies or parts that adhere to the grain, live stored grain insect pests, pea weevil (live only), glass, metal, concrete, pickling compounds, tainting agents, odours, fertiliser, sticks or any other commercially unacceptable contaminant, smell or taste. NIL NIL ERGR Ryegrass Ergot maximum (length in cm when pieces are laid end to end per **0g sample) 2cm 2cm CHEM Non Approved Treatment Chemicals or Treatment Levels above Legal Tolerances maximum (entire load) Residues of any chemical compound not approved for use on pulses, used in contravention of the labelled instructions or chemicals in excess of the Australian MRL. N