GB 6142-2008Quality grading of the grass seeds (English PDF)

3 Terms and definitions

4 Quality grading

Foreword

This document was issued on 27 June 2008 by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China and the Standardization Administration of China, and has been in force since 1 January 2009.

It replaces GB 6142-1985.

Classification: ICS 65.020.01, CCS B00.

About this edition

GB 6142-2008 is the current edition. It was issued on 27 June 2008 and has been in force since 1 January 2009, replacing GB 6142-1985.

GB 6142-1985 has been superseded: a specification that still cites it is citing a withdrawn edition.

The interval between issue and effect is the transition period. It exists so that producers, laboratories and buyers can requalify products, revise procedures and use up documentation before the new text becomes the one that applies. The date on this page is the official one from the record of the Standardization Administration.

Classification and status

GB 6142-2008 is classified under ICS 65.020.01, in the field of agriculture. ICS is the International Classification for Standards, the same scheme used by ISO and by the national bodies of most countries, which is what allows a Chinese standard to be placed beside its foreign counterparts on subject rather than on number.

Its Chinese Standard Classification code is CCS B00. CCS is the domestic scheme, a letter for the sector and two digits for the subject within it, and it is the code by which the standard is filed and searched in China.

The GB prefix without a suffix marks a mandatory national standard: compliance is required by law for the products or activities within its scope, and a product that does not meet it may not lawfully be placed on the Chinese market.