Section 2801 - Screenings(a) General Provisions.(1) Screenings are obtained in the cleaning of grains which are included in the United States Grain Standard Act and other agricultural seeds. It may include light and broken grains and agricultural seeds, weed seeds, hulls, chaff, joints, straw, elevator or mill dust, sand, and dirt. It must be designated as Grain Screenings, Mixed Screenings and Chaff and/or Dust.(2) No grade of screenings may contain any seeds or other material in amount that is either injurious to animals or will impart an objectionable odor or flavor to their milk or flesh. The screenings must contain not more than four whole prohibited noxious weed seeds per pound and must contain not more than 100 whole restricted noxious weed seeds per pound. The prohibited and restricted noxious weed seeds are those named as such by the following: 3 CCR Section 3854 Prohibited Noxious Weed Seed, 3 CCR Section 3855 Restricted Noxious Weed Seed, and 3 CCR Section 4500 Noxious Weed Species.(3) All screenings must be processed by grinding or otherwise to render the seed of any pest incapable of reproduction.(b) Chaff and/or Dust is material that is separated from grains or seeds in the usual commercial cleaning processes. It may include hulls, joints, straw, mill or elevator dust, sweepings, sand, dirt, grains, seeds. It must be labeled, "chaff and/or dust." If it contains more than 15 percent ash the words "sand" and "dirt" must appear on the label.(c) Ground Bean Screenings or Ground Pea Screenings is the ground, broken and culled beans or peas removed from field run beans or peas in the process of recleaning. They shall be free from dirt, pods, and straw.(d) Ground Nut Meat Screenings is the ground fragments, immature, and culled nut meats obtained in the cleaning and grading of nut meats. They shall be free of shells, hulls, dirt, and other foreign material.(e) Ground Paddy Rice Screenings is the product resulting from the cleaning of paddy rice and consists of immature rice kernels, water grass seed, rice hulls, straw, dirt and sand. It shall be free of unpalatable or injurious weed seeds. When used in a mixture, the maximum percentage shall be stated.(f) Grain Screenings are those screenings containing 70 percent or more grains, including light and broken grains. It may contain wild buckwheat and wild oats. The term "Grain Screenings" may be used for unspecified kinds of grain, or the predominating kind of grain (if in excess of 50 percent) may be declared as the first word or words in the name. It may contain no more than 6.5 percent ash.(g) Mixed Screenings are screenings excluded from the preceding definition. It must contain not more than 27 percent crude fiber and not more than 15 percent ash.(h) Seed Screenings shall consist of 70.0 percent or more seed, light and broken and contain not more than 6.5 percent ash. The name of the seed shall be a part of the name.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 3, § 2801
Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 14992 and 15011, Food and Agricultural Code.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 14992 and 15011, Food and Agricultural Code.
1. Editorial correction of NOTE filed 8-17-82 (Register 82, No. 34).
2. Amendment of subsections (a) and (b) and new subsections (d)-(i) filed 1-30-2002; operative 1-30-2002 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(Register 2002, No. 5).
3. Repealer and new section heading and section filed 11-12-2024 as an emergency; operative 11/12/2024 (Register 2024, No. 46). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 5-12-2025 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.