[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: 7CFR810.203] [Page 602-603] 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 B--United States Standards for Barley Sec. 810.203 Basis of determination. All other determinations. Each determination of heat-damaged kernels, injured-by-heat kernels, and white or blue aleurone layers in Six-rowed barley is made on pearled, dockage-free barley. 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. 810.204 Grades and grade requirements for Six-rowed Malting barley and Six-rowed Blue Malting barley. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Minimum limits of-- Maximum limits of-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Test Skinned Grade weight Suitable Sound Damaged Foreign Other and Thin per malting barley \1\ kernels \1\ material grains broken barley bushel types (percent) (percent) (percent) (percent) kernels (percent) (pounds) (percent) (percent) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. No. 1................................................... 47.0 95.0 97.0 2.0 0.5 2.0 4.0 7.0 U.S. No. 2................................................... 45.0 95.0 94.0 3.0 1.0 3.0 6.0 10.0 U.S. No. 3................................................... 43.0 95.0 90.0 4.0 2.0 5.0 8.0 15.0 U.S. No. 4................................................... 43.0 95.0 87.0 5.0 3.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Injured-by-frost kernels and injured-by-mold kernels are not considered damaged kernels or considered against sound barley. Notes: Malting barley shall not be infested in accordance with Sec. 810.107(b) and shall not contain any special grades as defined in Sec. 810.206. Six-rowed Malting barley and Six- rowed Blue Malting barley varieties not meeting the requirements of this section shall be graded in accordance with standards established for the class Barley. [61 FR 18492, Apr. 26, 1996] Sec. 810.205 Grades and grade requirements for Two-rowed Malting barley. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Minimum limits of-- Maximum limits of-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Suitable Skinned and Grade Test weight malting Sound Wild oats Foreign broken Thin barley per bushel types barley \1\ (percent) material kernels (percent) (pounds) (percent) (percent) (percent) (percent) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. No. 1................................................... 50.0 97.0 98.0 1.0 0.5 5.0 5.0 U.S. No. 2................................................... 48.0 97.0 98.0 1.0 1.0 7.0 7.0 U.S. No. 3................................................... 48.0 95.0 96.0 2.0 2.0 10.0 10.0 U.S. No. 4................................................... 48.0 95.0 93.0 3.0 3.0 10.0 10.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Injured-by-frost kernels and injured-by-mold kernels are not considered damaged kernels or considered against sound barley. Notes: Malting barley shall not be infested in accordance with Sec. 810.107(b) and shall not contain any special grades as defined in Sec. 810.206. Two-rowed Malting barley varieties not meeting the requirements of this section shall be graded in accordance with standards established for the class Barley. [61 FR 18492, Apr. 26, 1996] Sec. 810.206 Grades and grade requirements for barley. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Minimum limits of-- Maximum Limits of-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Heat Grade Test weight Sound Damaged damaged Foreign Broken Thin barley per bushel barley kernels \1\ kernels material kernels (percent) (pounds) (percent) (percent) (percent) (percent) (percent) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. No. 1................................................... 47.0 97.0 2.0 0.2 1.0 4.0 10.0 U.S. No. 2................................................... 45.0 94.0 4.0 0.3 2.0 8.0 15.0 U.S. No. 3................................................... 43.0 90.0 6.0 0.5 3.0 12.0 25.0 U.S. No. 4................................................... 40.0 85.0 8.0 1.0 4.0 18.0 35.0 [[Page 603]] U.S. No. 5................................................... 36.0 75.0 10.0 3.0 5.0 28.0 75.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. Sample Grade: U.S. Sample grade shall be barley that: (a) Does not meet the requirements for the grades 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5; or (b) Contains 8 or more stones or any number 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 caster beans (Ricinus communis L.), 4 or more particles of unknown foreign substance(s) or commonly recognized harmful or toxic substance(s), 8 or more cocklebur (Xanthium spp.) or similar seeds singly or in combination, 10 or more rodent pellets, bird droppings, or equivalent quantity of other animal filth per 1\1/8\ to 1\1/4\ quarts of barley; 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. \1\ Includes heat-damaged kernels. Injured-by-frost kernels and injured-by-mold kernels are not considered damaged kernels. [61 FR 18492, Apr. 26, 1996] Special Grades and Special Grade Requirements