GRAIN SPECIFICATIONS
- Unprocessed Maize
- Dry white Maize.
- Free of stones, metal, live insects, abnormal flavors, musty, sour or other undesirable odor.
- Moisture Content <13.5%
- Foreign material Max 1%
- Pest damage 0%
- Immature/Shriveled 2%
- Rotten and Diseased 4%
- Discolored 1.0%
- Live infestation 0%
- Pesticide residues Free
Barley
- Moisture Content (MC) 13% and Below
- Germination Capacity (GC) > 97%
Sorghum- Dry well-filled sorghum grains of uniform color
- Free of stones, metal, live insects, abnormal flavors, musty, sour, or other undesirable odor
- Moisture content Max - 12.5%
- Total admixture (foreign material, screenings & trash) Max- 0.6%
- Foreign material Max - 0.4%
- Tannin Free Minimum - 95%
- Aflatoxin B1, ppb, Max - 5ug/kg
Cassava- Dry Cassava chips
- Free of stones, metal, live insects, abnormal flavors, musty, sour, or other undesirable odor
- Moisture Content Max – 13.5%
- Color – white
- Paste damage – 0%
- Rotten & Diseased – Nill
- Mould- Nill
- Live infestation – 0%
- Pesticide residues – Free
- Cyanide – 10mg/kg
Finger Millet
| Parameters | Specifications | ||
| Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | |
| Foreign matter, whole grain, % by mass, max- organic | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0.75 |
| -inorganic | 0.1 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
| Other edible grains, (%) by mass, max | 1.5 | 2 | 4 |
| Damaged grain, % by mass, max | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Immature and shriveled, % by mass, max | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Weevilled grains % by count | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Moisture content % | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Crude proteins, % by mass basis, min | 8 | ||
| Ergot affected grains % m/m | 0.05 | ||
| 1000 Kernel weight, g- whole millet grain | 5.0 – 10.0 | ||
| – decorticated millet grains | 4.0 – 8.0 | ||
| 1 Litre weight, g | 750 – 820 | ||
| Decortication %m/m max | 20 | ||
| Fat content. % by dry mass basis | 3.5 – 6.0 | ||
| Tanin content, % by mass, max | 0.5 | ||
| Crude fibre, % by dry mass basis: | 3.0 – 4.5 | ||
| Total Aflatoxin (AFB1+AFB2) +AFG1+AFG2)), ppb max | 10 | ||
| Aflatoxin B1 only, ppb max | 5 | ||
| Fumonisin ppm max | 2 | ||
| Soya Bean | |
| Parameter | Specifications |
| Good beans/ No defect | Min 90% |
| Foreign matter | Max 1.0% |
| Moisture | Max 12.0% |
| Discolored | Max 1.0% |
| Premature/ Shrinkled | Max 2.0% |
| Rotten/Pest Infected | Max 2.0% |
| Split Beans | Max 3.0% |