Code of Federal Regulations Title 7. Agriculture § 7.810.1004 Grades and grade requirements for oats

U.S. No. 1

36.0

97.0

0.1

2.0

2.0

U.S. No. 2

33.0

94.0

0.3

3.0

3.0

U.S. No. 3¹

30.0

90.0

1.0

4.0

5.0

U.S. No. 4²

27.0

80.0

3.0

5.0

10.0

U.S. Sample grade–

U.S. Sample grade are oats which:

(a) Do not meet the requirements for the grades U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3, or 4; or

(b) Contain 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), 8 or more cocklebur (Xanthium spp.) or similar seeds singly or in combination, 10 or more rodent pellets, bird droppings, or equivalent quantity of other animal filth per 1 1/8 to 1 1/4 quarts of oats; or

(c) Have a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor (except smut or garlic odor); or

(d) Are heating or otherwise of distinctly low quality.