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
Parameters	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