Faba Beans

CSP - 4.2.2
FABABEANS-NO.1GRADE
MINIMUM EXPORT STANDARD
FARMER DRESSED
Formerly CSP - 19

PARAMETER	REQUIREMENTS	COMMENTS I VARIATIONS
Physical Characteristics	The Faba Beans shall be sound, dry and fresh and light to medium brown or pale green in colour.
Purity	97% min. by weight	Whole Faba Beans, defective Faba Beans and seed coats.
Moisture	14% max.	----
Defective Seeds	10% max. by weight including poor colour	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). IIncludes pods that contain Faba Beans, whether broken or unbroken and loose seed coat.
Poor Colour	3% max	Faba Beans with excessive discolouration of the seed coat as per the Pulse Australia Faba Bean Photographic Charts. Includes Ascochyta lesions.
Screen Size	3.75 mm slotted	Faba Bean seed material defective if passes through this screen.
Foreign Material	3% 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 to the plant.
Unmillable Material	0.5% max. by weight	Includes soil, stones, metals and non-vegetable matter.
Field Insects	Fifteen (15) max.	Dead per 200g sample
Objectionable Material	Nil Tolerance	-----