7 C.F.R. § 810.2204
Current through May 31, 2024
Grades and Grade Requirements
| Grading factors | Grades U.S. Nos. | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Minimum pound limits of: | |||||
| Test weight per bushel: | |||||
| Hard Red Spring wheat or White Club wheat | 58.0 | 57.0 | 55.0 | 53.0 | 50.0 |
| All other classes and subclasses | 60.0 | 58.0 | 56.0 | 54.0 | 51.0 |
| Maximum percent limits of: | |||||
| Defects: | |||||
| Damaged kernels | |||||
| Heat (part of total) | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Total | 2.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 10.0 | 15.0 |
| Foreign material | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| Shrunken and broken kernels | 3.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 12.0 | 20.0 |
| Total1 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 12.0 | 20.0 |
| Wheat of other classes:2 | |||||
| Contrasting classes | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| Total3 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| Stones | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Maximum count limits of: | |||||
| Other material in one kilogram: | |||||
| Animal filth | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Castor beans | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Crotalaria seeds | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Glass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stones | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Unknown foreign substances | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Total4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Insect-damaged kernels in 100 grams | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 |
| U.S. Sample grade is Wheat that: | |||||
| (a) Does not meet the requirements for U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5; or | |||||
| (b) Has a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor (except smut or garlic odor); or | |||||
| (c) Is heating or of distinctly low quality. | |||||
1 Includes damaged kernels (total), foreign material, shrunken and broken kernels.
2 Unclassed wheat of any grade may contain not more than 10.0 percent of wheat of other classes.
3 Includes contrasting classes.
4 Includes any combination of animal filth, castor beans, crotalaria seeds, glass, stones, or unknown foreign substance.
7 C.F.R. §810.2204