Canola and rapeseed – Chapter 10
Official Grain Grading Guide

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Primary grade determinants tables

Canola, Canada (CAN)

Grade name	Standard of quality	Standard of cleanliness Commercially pure seed
	Degree of soundness
No. 1 Canada	Reasonably well matured, sweet, good natural colour	Not more than 1.0% of other seeds that are conspicuous and that are not readily separable from canola, to be assessed as dockage
No. 2 Canada	Fairly well matured, sweet, reasonably good natural colour	Not more than 1.5% of other seeds that are conspicuous and that are not readily separable from canola, to be assessed as dockage
No. 3 Canada	May have the natural odour associated with low-quality seed, not distinctly sour, musty, rancid, or any odour that would indicate serious deterioration	Not more than 2% of other seeds that are conspicuous and that are not readily separable from canola, to be assessed as dockage
Grade, if No. 3 specs not met		Canola, Sample Canada Account Admixture

Grade name	Damage
	Distinctly green %	Heated %	Total %
No. 1 Canada	2	0.1	5
No. 2 Canada	6	0.5	12
No. 3 Canada	20	2	25
Grade, if No. 3 specs not met	Canola, Sample Canada Account Damaged	Canola, Sample Canada Account Heated	Canola, Sample Canada Account Damaged

Grade name	Foreign material included in dockage						Inconspicuous admixture %
	Ergot %	Excreta %	Insect excreta %	Sclerotinia %	Stones %	Conspicuous admixture %
No. 1 Canada	0.05	0.02	0.10	0.05	0.05	1.0	5
No. 2 Canada	0.05	0.02	0.20	0.10	0.05	1.5	5
No. 3 Canada	0.05	0.02	0.3	0.15	0.05	2	5
Grade, if No. 3 specs not met	Canola, Sample Canada Account Ergot	Canola, Sample Canada Account Excreta	Canola, Sample Canada Account Excreta	Canola, Sample Canada Account Admixture	2.5% or less—Canola Rejected (grade) Account Stones, or Canola, Sample Canada Account Stones. Over 2.5%—Canola, Sample Salvage	Canola, Sample Canada Account Admixture	50% or less—Canola, Sample Canada Account Admixture. Over 50%—Refuse screenings

Rapeseed, Canada (CAN)

Grade name	Standard of quality	Standard of cleanliness Commercially pure seed
	Degree of soundness
No. 1 Canada	Reasonably well matured, sweet, good natural colour	Not more than 1.0% of other seeds that are conspicuous and that are not readily separable from rapeseed
No. 2 Canada	Fairly well matured, sweet, reasonably good natural colour	Not more than 1.5% of other seeds that are conspicuous and that are not readily separable from rapeseed
No. 3 Canada	May have the natural odour associated with low-quality seed, not distinctly sour, musty, rancid, or any odour that would indicate serious deterioration	Not more than 2% of other seeds that are conspicuous and that are not readily separable from rapeseed
Grade, if No. 3 specs not met		Rapeseed, Sample Canada Account Admixture

Grade name	Damage
	Distinctly green %	Heated %	Total %
No. 1 Canada	2	0.1	5
No. 2 Canada	6	0.5	12
No. 3 Canada	20	2	25
Grade, if No. 3 specs not met	Rapeseed, Sample Canada Account Damaged	Rapeseed, Sample Canada Account Heated	Rapeseed Sample Canada Account Damaged

Grade name	Foreign material include in dockage						Inconspicuous admixture %
	Ergot %	Excreta %	Insect excreta %	Sclerotinia %	Stones %	Conspicuous admixture %
No. 1 Canada	0.05	0.02	0.10	0.05	0.05	1.0	5
No. 2 Canada	0.05	0.02	0.20	0.10	0.05	1.5	5
No. 3 Canada	0.05	0.02	0.3	0.15	0.05	2	5
Grade, if No. 3 specs not met	Rapeseed, Sample Canada Account Ergot	Rapeseed, Sample Canada Account Excreta	Rapeseed, Sample Canada Account Excreta	Rapeseed, Sample Canada Account Admixture	2.5% or less—Rapeseed, Rejected (grade) Account Stones, or Canola, Sample Canada Account Stones. Over 2.5%—Rapeseed, Sample Salvage	Rapeseed, Sample Canada Account Admixture	50% or less—Rapeseed, Sample Canada Account Admixture. Over 50%—Refuse screenings

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