Grading factors | Grades U. S. Nos. | |||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
Maximum percent limits of: | ||||
Damaged kernels: | ||||
Heat (part of total) | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
Total | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 |
Foreign material | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 |
Splits | 10.0 | 20.0 | 30.0 | 40.0 |
Maximum count limits of: | ||||
Other materials: | ||||
Animal filth | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Castor beans | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Crotalaria seeds | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Glass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stones 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Unknown foreign substance | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Total 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
U.S. Sample grade are soybeans that: | ||||
(a) Do not meet the requirements for U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3, or 4; or | ||||
(b) Have a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor (except garlic odor); or | ||||
(c) Are heating or otherwise of distinctly low quality. |
1 In addition to the maximum count limit, stones must exceed 0.1 percent of the sample weight.
2 Includes any combination of animal filth, castor beans, crotalaria seeds, glass, stones, and unknown foreign substances. The weight of stones is not applicable for total other material.
7 C.F.R. §810.1604