Maximum limits of--
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Damaged Kernels Foreign material
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Grade test weight Material Shrunken
per bushel Heat other than and broken Defects \3\
(pounds) damaged Total \1\ wheat or Total \2\ kernels (percent)
(percent) (percent) rye (percent) (percent)
(percent)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------U.S. No. 1................................................... 48.0 0.2 2.0 1.0 2.0 5.0 5.0U.S. No. 2................................................... 45.0 0.2 4.0 2.0 4.0 8.0 8.0U.S. No. 3................................................... 43.0 0.5 8.0 3.0 7.0 12.0 12.0U.S. No. 4................................................... 41.0 3.0 15.0 4.0 10.0 20.0 20.0
U.S. Sample grade--
U.S. Sample grade is triticale that:
(a) Does not meet the requirements for the grades U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3, or 4; 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 castor beans (Ricinus communis L.), 4 or more particles of an unknown foreign
substance(s) or a commonly recognized harmful or toxic substance(s), 2 or more rodent pellets, bird droppings, or equivalent quantity of other
animal filth per 1\1/8\ to 1\1/4\ quarts of triticale; 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.\2\ Includes material other than wheat or rye.\3\ Defects include damaged kernels (total), foreign material (total) and shrunken and broken kernels. The sum of these three factors may not exceed the
limit for defects for each numerical grade. [52 FR 24418, June 30, 1987; 52 FR 28534, July 31, 1987]
Special Grades and Special Grade Requirements