[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: 7CFR810.604]

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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 E--United States Standards for Flaxseed
 
Sec. 810.604  Grades and grade requirements for flaxseed.

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                                                      Maximum limits of
                                           Minimum    damaged kernels--
                                            test   ---------------------
                  Grade                    weight      Heat
                                             per     damaged     Total
                                           bushel    kernels   (percent)
                                          (pounds)  (percent)
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U.S. No. 1..............................      49.0        0.2       10.0
U.S. No. 2..............................      47.0        0.5       15.0

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U.S. Sample grade--
  U.S. Sample grade is flaxseed that:
    (a) Does not meet the requirements for the grades U.S. Nos. 1 or 2;
     or
    (b) Contains 8 or more 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), 10 or more rodent pellets, bird dropping, or
     equivalent quantity of other animal filth per 1\1/8\ to 1\1/4\
     quarts of flaxseed; or
    (c) Has 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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