[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: 7CFR810.1403]

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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 I--United States Standards for Sorghum
 
Sec. 810.1403  Basis of determination.

    Each determination of broken kernels and foreign material is made on 
the basis of the grain when free from dockage. Each determination of 
class, damaged kernels, heat-damaged kernels, and stones is made on the 
basis of the grain when free from dockage and that portion of the broken 
kernels, and foreign material that will pass through a 1.98 mm (5/64 
inches) triangular-hole sieve. Other determinations not specifically 
provided for in the general provisions are made on the basis of the 
grain as a whole except the determination of odor is made on either the 
basis of the grain as a whole or the grain when free from dockage, 
broken kernels, and foreign material removed by the 1.98 mm (5/64 
inches) triangular-hole sieve.

[57 FR 58971, Dec. 14, 1992]

                      Grades and Grade Requirements


Sec. 810.1404    Grades and grade requirements for sorghum.

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                                                                              Grades U.S. Nos.\1\
                       Grading factors                       ---------------------------------------------------
                                                                   1            2            3            4
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                                            Minimum pound limits of:

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Test weight per bushel......................................         57.0         55.0         53.0         51.0

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                                           Maximum percent limits of:

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Damaged kernels:
  Heat (part of total)......................................          0.2          0.5          1.0          3.0
    Total...................................................          2.0          5.0         10.0         15.0
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Broken kernels and foreign material:
  Foreign material (part of total)..........................          1.5          2.5          3.5          4.5
                                                             ---------------------------------------------------
    Total...................................................          4.0          7.0         10.0         13.0

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                                            Maximum count limits of:

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Other material:
  Animal filth..............................................            9            9            9            9
  Castor beans..............................................            1            1            1            1
  Crotalaria seeds..........................................            2            2            2            2
  Glass.....................................................            1            1            1            1
  Stones \2\................................................            7            7            7            7
  Unknown foreign substance.................................            3            3            3            3
  Cockleburs................................................            7            7            7            7

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U.S. Sample grade is Sorghum that:
  (a) Does not meet the requirements for U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3, or 4; or
  (b) Has a musty, sour or commercially objectionable foreign odor (except smut odor); or
  (c) Is badly weathered, heating or distinctly low quality.
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\1\ Sorghum which is distinctly discolored shall not grade higher than U.S. No. 3.
\2\ Aggregate weight of stones must also exceed 0.2 percent of sample weight.


[57 FR 58971, Dec. 14, 1992]

              Special Grades and Special Grade Requirements