§ 810.1204 - Grades and grade requirements for rye.


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  • § 810.1204 Grades and grade requirements for rye.

    Grade Minimum test weight per bushel (pounds) Maximum limits of -
    Foreign material Damaged kernels Thin Rye (percent)
    Foreign matter other than wheat (percent) Total (percent) Heat damaged (percent) Total (percent)
    U.S. No. 1 56.0 1.0 3.0 0.2 2.0 10.0
    U.S. No. 2 54.0 2.0 6.0 0.2 4.0 15.0
    U.S. No. 3 52.0 4.0 10.0 0.5 7.0 25.0
    U.S. No. 4 49.0 6.0 10.0 3.0 15.0
    U.S. Sample grade -
    U.S. Sample grade is rye 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 numbers 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 118 to 114 quarts of rye; 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.