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Code of Federal Regulations Title 7. Agriculture § 7.810.1604 Grades and grade requirements for soybeans

Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<Text of section amended by 71 FR 52406, retroactively effective Sept. 1, 2006.>

Grades U.S. Nos.

Grading factors

1

2

3

4

Maximum percent limits of:

Damaged kernels:

Heat (part of total)

0.2

0.5

1.0

3.0

Total

2.0

3.0

5.0

8.0

Foreign material

1.0

2.0

3.0

5.0

Splits

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

Soybeans of other colors: 1

1.0

2.0

5.0

10.0

Maximum count limits of:

Other material:

Animal filth

9

9

9

9

Caster beans

1

1

1

1

Crotalaria seeds

2

2

2

2

Glass

0

0

0

0

Stones 2

3

3

3

3

Unknown foreign substance

3

3

3

3

Total 3

10

10

10

10

U.S. Sample grade are Soybeans that:

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

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

(c) Are heating or of distinctly low quality.

1 Disregard for Mixed soybeans.

2 In addition to the maximum count limit, stones must exceed 0.1 percent of the sample weight.

3 Includes any combination of animal filth, castor beans, crotalaria seeds, glass, stones, and unknown substances. The weight of stones is not applicable for total other material.

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