Code of Federal Regulations (alpha)

CFR /  Title 7  /  Part 810  /  Sec. 810.604 Grades and grade requirements for flaxseed.------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum limits of

Minimum damaged kernels--

test ---------------------

Grade weight Heat

per damaged Total

bushel kernels (percent)

(pounds) (percent)------------------------------------------------------------------------U.S. No. 1.............................. 49.0 0.2 10.0U.S. No. 2.............................. 47.0 0.5 15.0U.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.------------------------------------------------------------------------