§ 810.304 - Grades and grade requirements for canola.


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  • § 810.304 Grades and grade requirements for canola.

    Grading factors Grades, U.S. Nos.
    1 2 3
    Maximum percent limits of:
    Damaged kernels:
    Heat damaged 0.1 0.5 2.0
    Distinctly green 2.0 6.0 20.0
    Total 3.0 10.0 20.0
    Conspicuous admixture:
    Ergot 0.05 0.05 0.05
    Sclerotinia 0.05 0.10 0.15
    Stones 0.05 0.05 0.05
    Total 1.0 1.5 2.0
    Inconspicuous admixture 5.0 5.0 5.0
    Maximum count limits of:
    Other material:
    Animal filth 3 3 3
    Glass 0 0 0
    Unknown foreign substance 1 1 1
    U.S. Sample grade Canola that:
    (a) Does not meet the requirements for U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3; or
    (b) Has a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor; or
    (c) Is heating or otherwise of distinctly low quality.