Code of Federal Regulations Title 7. Agriculture § 7.810.604 Grades and grade requirements for flaxseed

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 1 1/8 to 1 1/4 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.