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Current as of October 02, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
Grades, Grade Requirements, and Grade Designations |
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Grade |
Maximum limits of— |
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Seeds, heat-damaged, and paddy kernels (singly or combined) |
Red rice and damaged kernels (singly or combined) (percent) |
Color requirements 1 |
Minimum milling requirements 2 |
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Total (number in 500 grams) |
Heat-damaged kernels and objectionable seeds (number in 500 grams) |
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U.S. No. 1 |
15 |
5 |
1.0 |
4.0 |
White or Creamy |
Well milled. |
U.S. No. 2 |
20 |
10 |
2.0 |
6.0 |
Slightly gray |
Well milled. |
U.S. No. 3 |
35 |
15 |
3.0 |
10.0 |
Light gray |
Reasonably well milled. |
U.S. No. 4 |
50 |
25 |
5.0 |
15.0 |
Gray or slightly gray |
Reasonably well milled. |
U.S. No. 5 |
75 |
40 |
10.0 |
20.0 |
Dark gray or rosy |
Reasonably well milled. |
U.S. Sample grade: |
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U.S. Sample grade shall be milled rice of this class 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 15.0 percent of moisture; (c) is musty or sour, or heating; (d) has any commercially objectionable foreign odor; (e) contains more than 0.1 percent of foreign material; (f) contains two or more live or dead weevils or other insects, insect webbing, or insect refuse; or (g) is otherwise of distinctly low quality. |
1 For the special grade Parboiled milled rice, see § 868.315(c).
2 For the special grade Undermilled milled rice, see § 868.315(d).
3 For the special grade Glutinous milled rice, see § 868.315(e).
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Code of Federal Regulations Title 7. Agriculture § 7.868.311 Grades and grade requirements for the class Second Head Milled Rice. (See also § 868.315.) - last updated October 02, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/cfr/title-7-agriculture/cfr-sect-7-868-311/
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