Grade Name
No. 1 Canada
No. 2 Canada
No. 3 Canada
Minimum
58.0 (kg/hL)
55.0 (kg/hL)
No minimum
Test Weight
285 (g/hL)
270 (g/hL)
 
Variety
Any Registered Variety
Any Registered Variety
Any Registered or non-registered Variety
Degree of Soundness
Cool and Sweet
Cool and Sweet
May have a ground or grassy odour but not musty or sour
Maximum Limits    
Damage    
Dehulled
1.0%
2.0%
5.0%
Immature
2.0%
2.0%
5.0%
Total
4.0%
8.0%
20.0%
 
Foreign Material      
Stones
3K
3K
3K
Ergot
Nil
0.05%
0.25%
Sclerotia
Nil
0.05%
0.25%
Matter other than Cereal Grains
About 0.2%
1.0%
2.0%
Cereal Grain
1.0%
2.5%
5.0%
Total
1.0%
3.0%
5.0%

If specs for No. 3 Canada are not met, grade:
Damage (Max. Limit)
Dehulled
Buckwheat, Sample Canada, (size), Account Damaged
Immature
Buckwheat, Sample Canada, (size), Account Damaged
Total
Buckwheat, Sample Canada, (size), Account Damaged
Foreign Material (Max. Limit)
   
Stones
Up to 2.5%: Buckwheat, Rejected (grade) (size), Account Stones. Over 2.5%: Buckwheat, Sample Salvage
Ergot
Buckwheat, Sample Salvage Buckwheat, Sample Canada, (size), Account Ergot
Sclerotia
Buckwheat, Sample Canada, (size), Account Admixture
Non Cereal
Buckwheat, Sample Canada, (size), Account Admixture
Grains Matter
Buckwheat, Sample Canada, (size), Account Admixture
Cereal Grain
Buckwheat, Sample Canada, (size), Account Admixture
Total
Buckwheat, Sample Canada, (size), Account Admixture

THE LETTER “K” IN THESE TABLES REFERS TO KERNELS-SIZE PIECES IN 500 GRAMS
NOTE: IMMATURE
Note: Immature kernels are those that do not contain groat or seriously shriveled groat

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