810.204—Grades and grade requirements for Six-rowed Malting barley and Six-rowed Blue Malting barley.
| Grade | Minimum limits of— | Maximum limits of— | ||||||
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| Test weight perbushel (pounds) | Suitable malting types (percent) | Sound barley 1 (percent) | Damaged kernels 1 (percent) | Foreign material (percent) | Other grains (percent) | Skinned and broken kernels (percent) | Thin barley (percent) | |
| U.S. No. 1 | 47.0 | 95.0 | 97.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 |
| U.S. No. 2 | 45.0 | 95.0 | 94.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 10.0 |
| U.S. No. 3 | 43.0 | 95.0 | 90.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 15.0 |
| U.S. No. 4 | 43.0 | 95.0 | 87.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 15.0 |
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| 1 Injured-by-frost kernels and injured-by-mold kernels are not considered damaged kernels or considered against sound barley. | ||||||||
| Notes: Malting barley shall not be infested in accordance with § 810.107(b) and shall not contain any special grades as defined in § 810.206 . Six-rowed Malting barley and Six-rowed Blue Malting barley varieties not meeting the requirements of this section shall be graded in accordance with standards established for the class Barley. | ||||||||