Common use of Sampling Procedure Clause in Contracts

Sampling Procedure. (i) For Moisture Determination: Each trimmed truck of approximately 35 (thirty-five) wmt, will be sampled in 5 (five) positions, spread evenly across the surface of the truck, using a manual, twin-bladed posthole digger. Each increment to be taken from the full depth of the concentrate incorporating Concentrate from the full vertical column. The 5 (five) increments to be combined to form a single sub-sample, used to represent the moisture content of the trimmed truck. The sub-sample to be kept in a well closed plastic bag, impervious to moisture and processed as soon as possible. The complete moisture sample would be kept in a sealed cooler and sent to a lab jointly selected by Buyer and Seller at the end of the shift (when liberated by the Warehouse), the lab would then break the seal on the sample bag, quickly mix the sample on a steel table and then take duplicate 1 (one) kilogram samples using the increment method for moisture determination. These samples would be dried at 105 (one hundred and five) degrees Celsius for a minimum of 8 (eight) hours until constant weight is obtained. The average of the 2 (two) results obtained will be reported for moisture content. The moisture thus determined shall be final for settlement purposes.