TomYoung
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Subject verb agreement is the concern. In this case the subject is "batch," which is singular without question and the verb should be "is." There are some circumstances that allow collective, but singular nouns to use plural verbs, but not here. Sometime the British will use plural when referring to specific groups: e.g. Barclays are the best bank in England. There is no ambiguity here. I would note that I mistakenly attributed this grammar error to HPL, which actually has a pretty creditable website.If you are questioning the "are" I am not so sure this was improperly stated: batch--a quantity or consignment of goods produced at one time.
P.S. I'm not worthy to get replies from MolaKule!