[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: 7CFR810.1203]

[Page 610-611]
 
                          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 H--United States Standards for Rye
 
Sec. 810.1203  Basis of determination.

    Other determinations not specifically provided for under the general 
provisions are made on the basis of the grain when free from dockage, 
except the determination of odor is made on either the basis of the 
grain as a whole or the grain when free from dockage.

                      Grades and Grade Requirements


Sec. 810.1204    Grades and grade requirements for rye.

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                                                                       Maximum limits of--
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                                                     Foreign material           Damaged kernels
                                      Minimum   ----------------------------------------------------
               Grade                test weight    Foreign
                                     per bushel     matter                     Heat                    Thin Rye
                                      (pounds)    other than     Total       damaged       Total      (percent)
                                                    wheat      (percent)    (percent)    (percent)
                                                  (percent)
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U.S. No. 1........................         56.0          1.0          3.0          0.2          2.0         10.0
U.S. No. 2........................         54.0          2.0          6.0          0.2          4.0         15.0
U.S. No. 3........................         52.0          4.0         10.0          0.5          7.0         25.0
U.S. No. 4........................         49.0          6.0         10.0          3.0         15.0  ...........
U.S. Sample grade--
  U.S. Sample grade is rye that:
    (a) Does not meet the requirements for the grades U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3, or 4; or
    (b) Contains 8 or more stones or any numbers of 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), 2 or more rodent pellets, bird droppings, or equivalent
     quantity of other animal filth per 1\1/8\ to 1\1/4\ quarts of rye; or
    (c) Has a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor (except smut or garlic odor); or
    (d) Is heating or otherwise of distinctly low quality.
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              Special Grades and Special Grade Requirements