Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: April 5, 2024) |
Title 7 - Agriculture |
Subtitle B - Regulations of the Department of Agriculture |
Chapter VIII - Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard Administration (Federal Grain Inspection Service), Department of Agriculture |
Part 810 - Official United States Standards for Grain |
Subpart E - United States Standards for Flaxseed |
Grades and Grade Requirements |
§ 810.604 - Grades and grade requirements for flaxseed.
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§ 810.604 Grades and grade requirements for flaxseed.
Grade Minimum test weight per bushel (pounds) Maximum limits of damaged kernels - Heat damaged kernels (percent) Total (percent) U.S. No. 1 49.0 0.2 10.0 U.S. No. 2 47.0 0.5 15.0 U.S. Sample grade - U.S. Sample grade is flaxseed that: (a) Does not meet the requirements for the grades U.S. Nos. 1 or 2; or (b) Contains 8 or more 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), 10 or more rodent pellets, bird dropping, or equivalent quantity of other animal filth per 11⁄8 to 11⁄4 quarts of flaxseed; or (c) Has musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor (except smut or garlic odor), or (d) Is heating or otherwise of distinctly low quality.