Grades and grade requirements for sorghum.

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§ 810.1404 Grades and grade requirements for sorghum.

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Grading factors Grades U.S. Nos.1
1 2 3 4
Minimum pound limits of
Test weight per bushel 57.0 55.0 53.0 51.0
Maximum percent limits of
Damaged kernels:
Heat (part of total) 0.2 0.5 1.0 3.0
Total 2.0 5.0 10.0 15.0
Broken kernels and foreign material:
Foreign material (part of total) 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
Total 3.0 6.0 8.0 10.0
Maximum count limits of
Other material:
Animal filth 9 9 9 9
Castor beans 1 1 1 1
Crotalaria seeds 2 2 2 2
Glass 1 1 1 1
Stones2 7 7 7 7
Unknown foreign substance 3 3 3 3
Cockleburs 7 7 7 7
Total3 10 10 10 10
U.S. Sample grade is sorghum that:
(a) Does not meet the requirements for U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3, or 4; or
(b) Has a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor (except smut odor); or
(c) Is badly weathered, heating, or distinctly low quality.

[72 FR 39733, July 20, 2007]


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