[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR810.1003]

[Page 612-613]
 
                          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 G--United States Standards for Oats
 
Sec. 810.1003  Basis of determination.

    Other determinations not specifically provided for under the general 
provisions are made on the basis of the grain as a whole.

                      Grades and Grade Requirements


Sec. 810.1004    Grades and grade requirements for oats.

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                                                     Minimum limits--                 Maximum limits--
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                                                                              Heat-
                     Grade                       Test weight   Sound oats    damaged      Foreign     Wild oats
                                                  per bushel   (percent)     kernels      material    (percent)
                                                   (pounds)                 (percent)    (percent)
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U.S. No. 1.....................................         36.0         97.0          0.1          2.0          2.0
U.S. No. 2.....................................         33.0         94.0          0.3          3.0          3.0
U.S. No. 3 \1\.................................         30.0         90.0          1.0          4.0          5.0
U.S. No. 4 \2\.................................         27.0         80.0          3.0          5.0         10.0
U.S. Sample grade--
  U.S. Sample grade are oats which:
    (a) Do not meet the requirements for the grades U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3, or 4; or
    (b) Contain 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), 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 oats; or
    (c) Have a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor (except smut or garlic odor); or
    (d) Are heating or otherwise of distinctly low quality.
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\1\ Oats that are slightly weathered shall be graded not higher than U.S. No. 3.
\2\ Oats that are badly stained or materially weathered shall be graded not higher than U.S. No. 4.


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              Special Grades and Special Grade Requirements