The sampling of a consignment by hand shall be done as follows:
| (a) |
Open the containers in the consignment that have to be sampled. |
| (b) |
Insert the open hand into such container or the loose quantity concerned, close the hand into a fist and thereafter withdraw it evenly. |
| (c) |
Place the material enclasped by the hand in a suitable collecting tray. |
| (d) |
Repeat the procedure described in paragraph (b) alternately at various depths in the containers or loose quantities concerned, and place the material thus removed in the collecting tray referred to in paragraph (c). |
| (e) |
Take more or less equal quantities or material from each container that is sampled. |
| (f) |
Thoroughly mix the material thus obtained and divides it by means of a sample divider to obtain a sample of at least 1 kg of material. |
Statistics Act, 1999
