[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7, Parts 700 to 899]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR810.104]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER VIII--GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARD ADMINISTRATION 
      (FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 810--OFFICIAL UNITED STATES STANDARDS FOR GRAIN--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 810.104  Percentages.

    (a) Rounding. Percentages are determined on the basis of weight and 
are rounded as follows:
    (1) When the figure to be rounded is followed by a figure greater 
than or equal to 5, round to the next higher figure; e.g., report 6.36 
as 6.4, 0.35 as 0.4, and 2.45 as 2.5.
    (2) When the figure to be rounded is followed by a figure less than 
5, retain the figure; e.g., report 8.34 as 8.3, and 1.22 as 1.2.
    (b) Recording. The percentage of dockage in flaxseed and sorghum is 
reported in whole percent with fractions of a percent being disregarded. 
Dockage in barley and triticale is reported in whole and half percent 
with a fraction less than one-half percent being disregarded. Dockage in 
wheat and rye is reported in whole and tenth percents to the nearest 
tenth percent. Foreign material in sunflower seed is reported to the 
nearest one-half percent. Ranges of sunflower seed foreign material are 
reported as follows: 0.0 to 0.24 is reported as 0.0 percent, 0.25 to 
0.74 as 0.5 percent, 0.75 to 1.24 as 1.0 percent, and the like. Foreign 
material and fines in mixed grain is reported in whole percent. The 
percentage of smut in barley, sclerotinia and stones in canola, and 
ergot in all grains is reported to the nearest hundredth percent. The 
percentage when determining the identity of all grains is reported to 
the nearest whole percent. Also reported to the nearest whole percent 
are the classes and subclasses in wheat; flint corn; flint and dent 
corn; waxy corn; classes in barley; and the percentage of each kind of 
grain in mixed grain. Plump barley shall be expressed in terms of the 
range in which it falls. Ranges shall be: Below 50 percent, 50 to 55 
percent, 56 to 60 percent, 61 to 65 percent, and the like. All other 
percentages are reported in tenths percent.

[52 FR 24418, June 30, 1987; 52 FR 28534, July 31, 1987, as amended at 
54 FR 24157, June 6, 1989; 57 FR 3274, Jan. 29, 1992; 59 FR 10573, Mar. 
7, 1994; 61 FR 18491, Apr. 26, 1996; 63 FR 20056, Apr. 23, 1998]

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