Code of Federal Regulations (alpha)

CFR /  Title 7  /  Part 810  /  Sec. 810.1804 Grades and grade requirements for sunflower seed.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum limits of--

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Minimum Damaged Sunflower Seed

Grade test weight -------------------------- Dehulled

per bushel Heat seed

(pounds) Damaged Total (percent)

(percent) (Percent)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------U.S. No. 1.................................................. 25.0 0.5 5.0 5.0U.S. No. 2.................................................. 25.0 1.0 10.0 5.0U.S. Sample grade--

U.S. Sample grade is sunflower seed 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 0.20 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 droppings, or equivalent quantity of other animal filth

per 600 grams of sunflower seed; or

(c) Has a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor; or

(d) Is heating or otherwise of distinctly low quality.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------