[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: 7CFR810.106]

[Page 598-599]
 
                          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. 810.106  Grade designations.

    (a) Grade designations for grain. The grade designations include in 
the following order:
    (1) The letters ``U.S.'';

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    (2) The abbreviation ``No.'' and the number of the grade or the 
words ``Sample grade'';
    (3) When applicable, the subclass;
    (4) The class or kind of grain;
    (5) When applicable, the special grade(s) except in the case of 
bright, extra heavy, and heavy oats or plump rye, the special grades, 
``bright'', ``extra heavy'', ``heavy'' and ``plump'' will precede the 
word ``oats'' or ``rye'' as applicable; and
    (6) When applicable, the word ``dockage'' together with the 
percentage thereof.

When applicable, the remarks section of the certificate will include in 
the order of predominance; in the case of a mixed class, the name and 
approximate percentage of the classes; in the case of sunflower seed, 
the percentage of admixture; in the case of mixed grain, the grains 
present in excess of 10.0 percent of the mixture and when applicable, 
the words Other grains followed by a statement of the percentage of the 
combined quantity of those kinds of grains, each of which is present in 
a quantity less than 10.0 percent; in the case of barley, if requested, 
the word ``plump'' with the percentage range thereof; in the case of 
wheat, if requested, the percentage of protein content.
    (b) Optional grade designations. In addition to paragraph (a) of 
this Section, grain may be certificated under certain conditions as 
described in FGIS instructions when supported by official analysis, as 
``U.S. No. 2 or better (type of grain)'', ``U.S. No. 3 or better (type 
of grain)'', and the like.

[52 FR 24418, June 30, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 15017, Apr. 27, 1988]

     Special Grades, Special Grade Requirements, and Special Grade 
                              Designations