Standards for the Inspection of Public Stock Paddy

Standards for the Inspection of Public Stock Paddy 法規沿革(Legislative)： 1.Full text of 6 articles enacted and promulgated on October 30, 1999 by Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan Order (88) Nung- Liang -Tzu No. 88020756. 2.Article 1 amended and promulgated on March 15, 2002 through Order (91) Nung-Liang-Tzu No. 0910020207. 3.Article 4 amended and promulgated on May 31, 2004 through Order Nung- Shou- Liang-Tzu No. 0931131268. 4.Full text of 6 articles amended and promulgated on February 27, 2008 through Order Nung- Liang -Tzu No. 0971085089. 5.Full text of 6 articles amended and promulgated on March 27, 2014 through Order Nung- Liang -Tzu No. 1031096483A. 法規內文(Content)： Article 1 The Standards are enacted in accordance with Article 9 of Food Administration Act. Article 2 For the collection of public stock, the paddy must be produced by farmers in the current period, with the exclusion of ratoon or volunteer rice, and be listed as superior varieties by the authority. Article 3 The terms in the Standards are defined as follows: 1. Test weight: the weight per liter. 2. Foreign matter: the matter other than the paddy itself. 3. Heat damaged kernel: the sound kernel or broken kernel damaged by microbiological heating with color changes from normal into yellow or dark yellow. 4. Sprouted kernel: the sound kernel or broken kernel sprouted, rooted or with the traces of sprouts or roots, including rotten-germ kernel (the rice of germ discoloration and rotten-germ). 5. Damaged kernel: the sound kernel or broken kernel damaged by humidity, fungus, insect, or other reasons with obvious defects and deterioration, including fungus and insect damaged kernel(the rice damaged by disease, insect and fungus), fissure and cracked kernel(the rice of fissure endosperm), abnormal kernel(the deformed rice) and rusty kernel(the rice of rusty surface), not including heat damaged kernel. 6. Off-type kernel: the rice with different shapes. 7. Broken kernel: the rice broken. The size of a broken rice kernel shall be at least 1/4 up to 3/4 of the average length of 30 normal rice kernels. 8. Chalky kernel: over 1/2 of the rice kernels with opaque or chalky appearance. 9. Immature kernel: the immature and (or) stunted rice kernel and broken kernel. 10.Non-opaque waxy kernels: the color of waxy rice kernel is not milk white. Article 4 For the collection of public stock, the standards for paddy are as follows: 1. Moisture: shall not exceed 13% . 2. Test weight: Japonica rice weighted up to 530 grams per liter, Indica rice weighted up to 490 grams per liter, short grain waxy rice weighted up to 510 grams per liter and long grain waxy rice weighted up to 480 grams per liter. 3. Foreign matter: shall not exceed 0.5%. 4. Heat damaged kernel: shall not exceed 0.5%. 5. Sprouted kernel: shall not exceed 1%. 6. Damaged kernel: shall not exceed 5%. 7. Off-type kernel: Japonica rice and Indica rice shall not exceed 5% and waxy rice shall not exceed 3%. 8. Broken kernel: Japonica rice shall not exceed 4% , Indica rice shall not exceed 8%, short grain waxy rice shall not exceed 3% and long grain waxy rice shall not exceed 6%. 9. Chalky kernel: Japonica rice shall not exceed 7% and Indica rice shall not exceed 5%. 10.Immature kernel: Japonica rice and Indica rice shall not exceed 15% and waxy rice shall not exceed 10%. 11.Non-opaque waxy kernels: waxy rice shall not exceed 4%. 12.Hygiene requirements shall conform to the relevant food hygiene laws of the Republic of China. The standards for inspection in Subparagraph 4 through Subparagraph 11 in the former Article shall be evaluated by the brown rice that has been ground. Article 5 For specific varieties that are listed as superior varieties by the authority, the quantity of the chalky kernels shall not be applicable Subparagraph 9 in paragraph 1 of the former Article. Article 6 The Standards shall take effect on the date of promulgation.