Code of Federal Regulations (alpha)

CFR /  Title 7  /  Part 810  /  Sec. 810.304 Grades and grade requirements for canola.------------------------------------------------------------------------

Grades, U.S. Nos.

Grading factors --------------------------

1 2 3------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum percent limits

of:----------------------------------------------Damaged kernels:

Heat damaged............................. 0.1 0.5 2.0

Distinctly green......................... 2.0 6.0 20.0

Total.................................. 3.0 10.0 20.0Conspicuous admixture:

Ergot.................................... 0.05 0.05 0.05

Sclerotinia.............................. 0.05 0.10 0.15

Stones................................... 0.05 0.05 0.05

Total.................................. 1.0 1.5 2.0Inconspicuous admixture...................... 5.0 5.0 5.0------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum count limits of:----------------------------------------------Other material:

Animal filth............................. 3 3 3

Glass.................................... 0 0 0

Unknown foreign substance................ 1 1 1------------------------------------------------------------------------U.S. Sample grade Canola that:

(a) Does not meet the requirements for

U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3; or

(b) Has a musty, sour, or commercially

objectionable foreign odor; or

(c) Is heating or otherwise of distinctly

low quality.------------------------------------------------------------------------

Special Grades and Special Grade Requirements