Criteria

RKB Gr.1

RKB Gr.2

RKB Gr.3

RKB Gr.4

Foreign Matter

0.2% Max

0.5% Max

1% Max

1.5% Max

Contrasting Seed

0.2% Max

0.5% Max

1% Max

2% Max

Under Size Seed

1.5% Max

3% Max

4% Max

5% Max

Weevilled Seeds

2% Max

3% Max

5% Max

8% Max

Badly Damaged Beans

1.5

3

4

5

Split Seed

2%

3%

5%

8%

Broken

2.5% Max

3.5% Max

5% Max

8% Max

Moisture Content

14% Max

14% Max

14% Max

14% Max

Impurities

6.2% Max

10% Max

15% Max

22.5% Max

Purity

93.8%

90%

85%

77.5%

Moisture

14% max. See below “Additional country specific specifications”

Other variety

2% max.

Foreign matter and impurities

1% max.

Organoleptic

The product must be clean and of bright appearance.

It should have a natural smell and colour and be free of abnormal flavour and/or taste. It should be free of visual fungal/mould growth

Total defect (discoloured, split, broken, shrivelled, shrunken and rotten)

7% max. with a 3% max. for each parameter

Weevilled/Holed grain

1% max.

Weed, fungal/mould growth or yeast (visual inspection)

Nil

Live insects

Nil

Dead insects, including parts, stages and waste

2 max. per kg

Presence of Datura seeds and other toxic grains (Crotolaria spp., Agrostemma githago L., Ricinus communis L.) or traces of tropane alkaloids

Nil

Microbiology

·         Salmonella

·         Total Aflatoxins

·         Ochratoxin

·         Absent in 25g sample

·         4 ppb max.

·         5 ppb max.

Heavy metals

·         Lead

·         Cadmium

·         0.1 ppm max.

·         0.1 ppm max.

Presence of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)

Nil

Radioactive residues/elements

Nil

Cooking time, after 24 hour soaking

45 minutes average (90 minutes max.)

Shelf life

Minimum 2 years from date of order

Brand

To be indicated

Origin

Thailand

Size

670-700 grains max. / 100 g

Moisture

14% max.

Total defect (discoloured, split, broken, shrivelled, shrunken and rotten)

6% max.

Heavy metals

·         Arsenic

·         Copper

·         Mercury

·         0.1 ppm max.

·         2 ppm max.

·         0.01 ppm max.

Pesticide residues

·         Carbamate

·         Organochlorine

·         Organophosphorus

·         Pyrethroid

·         10 ppb max.

·         10 ppb max.

·         10 ppb max.

·         10 ppb max.

Origin

To be indicated, but only one accepted

Crop year

New crop