PARAMETER

REQUIREMENTS

COMMENTS I VARIATIONS

Physical
Characteristics

The Adzuki beans shall be sound, dry, fresh and have true varietal colour and characteristics for "Bloodwood" and "Erimo".

Purity

99.5% min. by weight

Whole Adzuki beans, defective and small Adzuki beans.

Moisture

14% max.

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Defective
AdzukiBeans

2%

Adzuki beans not of the specified variety and Adzukl bean cotyledons seed that are broken, split, insect damaged, hail damaged, heat damaged, shrivelled, sprouted, frosted, and / or affected by mould (field or storage). Includes whole, pods containing seed

Screen Size

4.76mm Grade One
4.33mm Grade Two
round hole screen

Adzuki material defective if falls through 4.33mm round hole screen

Poor Colour

1% max. by weight

Seed Coat or cotyledons seed are distinctly off colour from the characteristic colour of the
predominating class.

Foreign
Material

0.5% max. by weight

Unmillable material and all vegetable matter other than
Adzuki Bean material

Unmillable
Material

0.1% max. by weight

Soil, stones, metals and non-vegetable matter.

Field Insects

One (1) max.

Dead per 200g sample

Foreign Seeds

Nil Tolerance

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Objectionable

Material

Nil Tolerance

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