7 C.F.R. § 810.1004
Current through May 31, 2024
| Grade | Minimum limits- | Maximum limits- | |||
| Test weight per bushel (pounds) | Sound oats (percent) | Heat-damaged kernels (percent) | Foreign material (percent) | Wild oats (percent) | |
| U.S. No. 1 | 36.0 | 97.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| U.S. No. 2 | 33.0 | 94.0 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| U.S. No. 31 | 30.0 | 90.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| U.S. No. 42 | 27.0 | 80.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 10.0 |
| U.S. Sample grade- | |||||
| U.S. Sample grade are oats which: | |||||
| (a) Do not meet the requirements for the grades U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3, or 4; or | |||||
| (b) Contain 8 or more stones which have an aggregate weight in excess of 0.2 percent of the sample weight, 2 or more pieces of glass, 3 or more crotalaria seeds (Crotalaria spp.), 2 or more castor beans (Ricinus communis L.), 4 or more particles of an unknown foreign substance(s) or a commonly recognized harmful or toxic substance(s), 8 or more cocklebur (Xanthium spp.) or similar seeds singly or in combination, 10 or more rodent pellets, bird droppings, or equivalent quantity of other animal filth per 11/8 to 11/4 quarts of oats; or | |||||
| (c) Have a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor (except smut or garlic odor); or | |||||
| (d) Are heating or otherwise of distinctly low quality. | |||||
1 Oats that are slightly weathered shall be graded not higher than U.S. No. 3.
2 Oats that are badly stained or materially weathered shall be graded not higher than U.S. No. 4.
7 C.F.R. §810.1004