Grades and grade requirements for canola.

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§ 810.304 Grades and grade requirements for canola.

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Grading factors Grades, U.S. Nos.
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 20.0
Conspicuous 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 2.0
Inconspicuous 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.


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