Grades U.S. Nos.
Grading factors ---------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum percent limits of:
---------------------------------------------------Damaged kernels:
Heat (part of total).................................... 0.2 0.5 1.0 3.0
Total............................................... 2.0 3.0 5.0 8.0
Foreign material........................................ 1.0 2.0 3.0 5.0
Splits.................................................. 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0
Soybeans of other colors: \1\........................... 1.0 2.0 5.0 10.0
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Maximum count limits of:
---------------------------------------------------Other material:
Animal filth............................................ 9 9 9 9
Caster beans............................................ 1 1 1 1
Crotalaria seeds........................................ 2 2 2 2
Glass................................................... 0 0 0 0
Stones \2\.............................................. 3 3 3 3
Unknown foreign substance............................... 3 3 3 3
Total \3\........................................... 10 10 10 10
---------------------------------------------------U.S. Sample grade are Soybeans that:(a) Do not meet the requirements for U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3, or 4; or(b) Have a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor (except smut or garlic odor); or(c) Are heating or of distinctly low quality.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Disregard for Mixed soybeans.\2\ In addition to the maximum count limit, stones must exceed 0.1 percent of the sample weight.\3\ Includes any combination of animal filth, castor beans, crotalaria seeds, glass, stones, and unknown
substances. The weight of stones is not applicable for total other material. [71 FR 52406, Sept. 6, 2006]
Special Grades and Special Grade Requirements