7 C.F.R. § 810.2004
Current through May 31, 2024
| Grade | Minimum test weight per bushel (pounds) | Maximum limits of- | |||||
| Damaged Kernels | Foreign material | Shrunken and broken kernels (percent) | Defects3 (percent) | ||||
| Heat damaged (percent) | Total1 (percent) | Material other than wheat or rye (percent) | Total2 (percent) | ||||
| U.S. No. 1 | 48.0 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| U.S. No. 2 | 45.0 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| U.S. No. 3 | 43.0 | 0.5 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| U.S. No. 4 | 41.0 | 3.0 | 15.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 |
| U.S. Sample grade- | |||||||
| U.S. Sample grade is triticale that: | |||||||
| (a) Does not meet the requirements for the grades U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3, or 4; or | |||||||
| (b) Contains 8 or more stones or any number of 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), 2 or more rodent pellets, bird droppings, or equivalent quantity of other animal filth per 11/8 to 11/4 quarts of triticale; or | |||||||
| (c) Has a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor (except smut or garlic odor); or | |||||||
| (d) Is heating or otherwise of distinctly low quality. | |||||||
1 Includes heat-damaged kernels.
2 Includes material other than wheat or rye.
3 Defects include damaged kernels (total), foreign material (total) and shrunken and broken kernels. The sum of these three factors may not exceed the limit for defects for each numerical grade.
7 C.F.R. §810.2004