CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER VIII—GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARD ADMINISTRATION (FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (parts 800 to 868) > PART 810—OFFICIAL UNITED STATES STANDARDS FOR GRAIN > SUBPART L—United States Standards for Triticale (§810.2001 to §810.2005) > 810.2004—Grades and grade requirements for triticale.

810.2004—Grades and grade requirements for triticale.

Grade Minimum test weight per bushel (pounds) Maximum limits of— Damaged Kernels Heat damaged (percent) Total 1 (percent) Foreign material Material other than wheat or rye (percent) Total 2 (percent) Shrunken and broken kernels (percent) Defects 3 (percent)
U.S. No. 1 48.0 0.2 2.0 1.0 2.0 5.0 5.0
U.S. No. 2 45.0 0.2 4.0 2.0 4.0 8.0 8.0
U.S. No. 3 43.0 0.5 8.0 3.0 7.0 12.0 12.0
U.S. No. 4 41.0 3.0 15.0 4.0 10.0 20.0 20.0
U.S. Sample grade—
U.S. Sample grade is triticale that:
(a) Does not meet the requirements for the grades U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3, or 4; or
(b) Contains 8 or more stones or any number of stones which have an aggregate weight in excess of 0.2 percent of the sample weight, 2 or more pieces of glass, 3 or more crotalaria seeds (Crotalaria spp.), 2 or more castor beans (Ricinus communis L.), 4 or more particles of an unknown foreign substance(s) or a commonly recognized harmful or toxic substance(s), 2 or more rodent pellets, bird droppings, or equivalent quantity of other animal filth per 11/8 to 11/4 quarts of triticale; or
(c) Has a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor (except smut or garlic odor); or
(d) Is heating or otherwise of distinctly low quality.
1 Includes heat-damaged kernels.
2 Includes material other than wheat or rye.
3 Defects include damaged kernels (total), foreign material (total) and shrunken and broken kernels. The sum of these three factors may not exceed the limit for defects for each numerical grade.

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[52 FR 24418, June 30, 1987; 52 FR 28534, July 31, 1987]