Faba Beans

CSP - 4.1.2
FABA BEANS - CANNING GRADE
MINIMUM EXPORT STANDARD
MACHINE DRESSED
Formerly CSP – 17

PARAMETER	REQUIREMENTS	COMMENTS I VARIATIONS
Physical Characteristics	The Faba Beans shall be hard and well filled and light to medium brown or pale green in colour.
Purity	99.5% min. by weight	Whole Faba Beans, defective Faba Beans and seed coats
Moisture	14% max	-----
Defective Seeds	1.5% max. by weight	Faba Beans not of the specified variety. Faba Bean cotyledons seed that are broken, heat damaged, hail damaged, insect damaged, shrivelled, split, chipped, sprouted, and/or affected by mould (field or storage).Includes pods that contain Faba Beans, whether broken or unbroken and loose seed coat.
Screen Size	3.75 mm slotted hole	Faba Bean seed material defective if falls through.
Retention	8 mm round hole	90% of Faba Beans must not pass through the screen to be classified as 8mm.
Poor Colour	1% max. by weight	Faba Beans with excessive iscolouration of the seed coat as per the Pulse Australia Faba Bean Photographic Charts. Includes Ascochyta lesions.
Foreign Material	0.5% max. by weight	Includes unmillable material and all vegetable matter other than Faba Bean seed material. This includes stalks and plant material that may be connected with the plant.
Unmillable Material	0.1% max. by weight	Includes soil, stones, metals and non-vegetable matter.
Field Insects	One (1) max.	Dead per 200 sample
Objectionable Material	Nil Tolerance	---------