Grades and grade requirements for soybeans.

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  2. CFR 7
  3. Agriculture
  4. Regulations of the Department of Agriculture
  5. Agricultural Marketing Service (Federal Grain Inspection Service, Fair Trade Practices Program), Department of Agriculture
  6. Federal Grain Inspection
  7. Official United States Standards for Grain
  8. United States Standards for Soybeans
  9. Grades and Grade Requirements
  10. Grades and grade requirements for soybeans.

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§ 810.1604 Grades and grade requirements for soybeans.

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Grading factors Grades U.S. Nos.
1 2 3 4
Maximum percent limits of:
Damaged kernels:
Heat (part of total) 0.2 0.5 1.0 3.0
Total 2.0 3.0 5.0 8.0
Foreign material 1.0 2.0 3.0 5.0
Splits 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0
Soybeans of other colors:1 1.0 2.0 5.0 10.0
Maximum count limits of:
Other material:
Animal filth 9 9 9 9
Caster beans 1 1 1 1
Crotalaria seeds 2 2 2 2
Glass 0 0 0 0
Stones2 3 3 3 3
Unknown foreign substance 3 3 3 3
Total3 10 10 10 10
U.S. Sample grade are Soybeans that:
(a) Do not meet the requirements for U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3, or 4; or
(b) Have a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor (except smut or garlic odor); or
(c) Are heating or of distinctly low quality.

1 Disregard for Mixed soybeans.

2 In addition to the maximum count limit, stones must exceed 0.1 percent of the sample weight.

3 Includes any combination of animal filth, castor beans, crotalaria seeds, glass, stones, and unknown substances. The weight of stones is not applicable for total other material.

[71 FR 52406, Sept. 6, 2006]


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