Grades and grade requirements for the class Brewers Milled Rice. (See also § 868.315.)

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§ 868.313 Grades and grade requirements for the class Brewers Milled Rice. (See also § 868.315.)

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Grades, Grade Requirements, and Grade Designations

Grade Maximum limits of -
paddy kernels and seeds 		Color requirements1 Minimum milling
requirements2
Total (singly or combined)
(percent) 		Objectionable seeds (percent)
U.S. No. 13 4 0.5 0.05 White or Creamy Well milled.
U.S. No. 23 4 1.0 0.1 Slightly gray Well milled.
U.S. No. 33 4 1.5 0.2 Light gray or slightly rosy Reasonably well milled.
U.S. No. 43 4 3.0 0.4 Gray or rosy Reasonably well milled.
U.S. No. 5 5.0 1.5 Dark gray or very rosy Reasonably well milled.
U.S. Sample grade:
U.S. Sample grade shall be milled rice of this class which: (a) Does not meet the requirements for any of the grades from U.S. No. 1 to U.S. No. 5, inclusive; (b) contains more than 15.0 percent of moisture; (c) is musty or sour, or heating; (d) has any commercially objectionable foreign odor; (e) has a badly damaged or extremely red appearance; (f) contains more than 0.1 percent of foreign material; (g) contains more than 15.0 percent of broken kernels that will pass through a 21⁄2 sieve; (h) contains two or more live or dead weevils or other insects, insect webbing, or insect refuse; or (h) is otherwise of distinctly low quality.

1 For the special grade Parboiled milled rice, see § 868.315(c).

2 For the special grade Undermilled milled rice, see § 868.315(d).

3 Grades U.S. No. 1 to U.S. No. 4, inclusive, shall contain not more than 3.0 percent of heat-damaged kernels, kernels damaged by heat and/or parboiled kernels in nonparboiled rice.

4 Grades U.S. No. 1 to U.S. No. 4, inclusive, shall contain not more than 1.0 percent of material passing through a 30 sieve. This limit does not apply to the special grade Granulated brewers milled rice.

[67 FR 61252, Sept. 30, 2002]


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