Minnesota Administrative Rules

1510.0060 PURITY TOLERANCES.

In determination of the tolerance for the percentage of the distinguishable kind, type, or variety (pure seed), weed seeds, other crop seeds, and inert matter, the sample shall be first considered as made up of two parts:

A.

the percentage of the component (pure seed, weed seed, crop seed, or inert matter as the case may be) being considered; and

B.

the difference between that percentage and 100.

The number represented by item A is then multiplied by the number represented by item B and the product is divided by 100. The resulting number is then multiplied by 0.2 (2/10) and the resulting product added to 0.2 or 0.6 as indicated in the following formulas:

Pure seed tolerance = 0.6 + (0.2 x a x b)

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100

Weed seeds, other crop seeds and inert

matter tolerance = 0.2 + (0.2 x a x b)

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100

Statutory Authority:

MS s 21.85

Published Electronically:

July 24, 2008