Marginal note:Export standard samples
27 (1) The export standard sample that is designated for a grade of grain
(a) shall be used as the visual grading standard in the grading of western grain of that grade discharged from a terminal elevator, transfer elevator or process elevator; and
(b) constitutes the minimum visual quality of the grade for that grain.
Marginal note:Primary standard samples
(2) The primary standard sample that is designated for a grade of grain
(a) shall be used as a visual grading guide in the grading of grain of that grade, other than western grain discharged from a terminal elevator, transfer elevator or process elevator; and
(b) constitutes the minimum visual quality of the grade for that grain.
Marginal note:Non-visual criteria of quality
(3) Where
(a) protein content is a criterion of quality that applies to a grade of grain, or
(b) any other criterion of quality that cannot be determined visually by comparison with a primary standard sample or export standard sample applies to a grade of grain,
that criterion shall be taken into consideration in determining the grade of the grain.
Marginal note:Limitation
(4) No person shall, on the basis of the use of a primary standard sample,
(a) assign a grade to any grain that does not meet the specifications for that grade established by or under this Act; or
(b) refuse to assign a grade to any grain that meets the specifications so established for that grade.
- 1970-71-72, c. 7, s. 22
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