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Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
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Maximum limits of— |
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Paddy kernels |
Seeds and heat-damaged kernels |
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Total |
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Heat-damaged |
Objectionable |
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Number |
or combined) |
kernels |
seeds (number |
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Grade |
Percent |
in 500 |
(number in |
(number in |
in 500 |
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grams |
500 grams) |
500 grams) |
grams) |
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U.S. No. 1 |
— |
20 |
10 |
1 |
2 |
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U.S. No. 2 |
2.0 |
— |
40 |
2 |
10 |
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U.S. No. 3 |
2.0 |
— |
70 |
4 |
20 |
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U.S. No. 4 |
2.0 |
— |
100 |
8 |
35 |
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U.S. No. 5 |
2.0 |
— |
150 |
15 |
50 |
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Maximum limits of— |
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Broken |
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Red rice |
kernels |
Well- |
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and damaged |
Chalky |
removed by |
Other |
milled |
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Grade |
kernels |
ker- |
a 6 plate |
types |
kernels |
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(singly or |
nels |
or a 6 1/2 |
(per- |
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combined) |
sieve 3 |
cent) |
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(percent) |
(percent) |
(percent) |
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U.S. No. 1 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
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U.S. No. 2 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
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U.S. No. 3 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
3.0 |
5.0 |
10.0 |
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U.S. No. 4 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
4.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
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U.S. No. 5 |
15.0 |
15.0 |
6.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
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U.S. Sample grade |
U.S. Sample grade shall be brown rice for processing which (a) does not meet the requirements for any of the grades from U.S. No. 1 to U.S. No. 5, inclusive; (b) contains more than 14.5 percent of moisture; (c) is musty, or sour, or heating; (d) has any commercially objectionable foreign odor; (e) contains more than 0.2 percent of related material or more than 0.1 percent of unrelated material; (f) contains two or more live weevils or other live insects; or (g) is otherwise of distinctly low quality. |
1 For the special grade Parboiled brown rice for processing, see § 868.263(a).
2 For the special grade Glutinous brown rice for processing, see § 868.263(c).
3 Plates should be used for southern production rice and sieves should be used for western production rice, but any device or method which gives equivalent results may be used.
4 These limits do not apply to the class Mixed Brown Rice for Processing.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Code of Federal Regulations Title 7. Agriculture § 7.868.261 Grade and grade requirements for the classes of brown rice for processing. (See also § 868.263.) - last updated January 02, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/cfr/title-7-agriculture/cfr-sect-7-868-261/
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