§ 868.210 - Grades and grade requirements for the classes of Rough Rice. (See also § 868.212.)

§ 868.210 Grades and grade requirements for the classes of Rough Rice. (See also § 868.212.)

Grade	Maximum limits of -							Color requirements1 (minimum)
	Seeds and heat-damaged kernels			Red rice and damaged kernels (singly or combined) (Percent)	Chalky kernels1 2		Other types3 (Percent)
	Total (singly or combined) (Number in 500 grams)	Heat-damaged kernels and objectionable seeds (singly or combined) (Number in 500 grams)	Heat-damaged kernels (Number in 500 grams)		In long grain rice (Percent)	In medium or short grain rice (Percent)
U.S. No. 1	4	3	1	0.5	1.0	2.0	1.0	Shall be white or creamy.
U.S. No. 2	7	5	2	1.5	2.0	4.0	2.0	May be slightly gray.
U.S. No. 3	10	8	5	2.5	4.0	6.0	3.0	May be light gray.
U.S. No. 4	27	22	15	4.0	6.0	8.0	5.0	May be gray or slight rosy.
U.S. No. 5	37	32	25	6.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	May be dark gray or rosy.
U.S. No. 6	75	75	75	4 15.0	15.0	15.0	10.0	May be dark gray or rosy.
U.S. Sample grade
U.S. Sample grade shall be rough rice which: (a) does not meet the requirements for any of the grades from U.S. No. 1 to U.S. No. 6, inclusive; (b) contains more than 14.0 percent of moisture; (c) is musty, or sour, or heating; (d) has any commercially objectionable foreign odor; or (e) is otherwise of distinctly low quality.

¹ For the special grade Parboiled rough rice, see § 868.212(b).

² For the special grade Glutinous rough rice, see § 868.212(d).

³ These limits do not apply to the class Mixed Rough Rice.

⁴ Rice in grade U.S. No. 6 shall contain not more than 6.0 percent of damaged kernels.

[56 FR 55978, Oct. 31, 1991. Redesignated and amended at 60 FR 16364, Mar. 30, 1995]