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 D—United States Standards for Corn (§810.401 to §810.405) > 810.404—Grades and grade requirements for corn.

810.404—Grades and grade requirements for corn.

Grade Minimum test weight per bushel (pounds) Maximum limits of Damaged kernels Heat damaged kernels (percent) Total (percent) Broken corn and foreign material (percent)
U.S. No. 1 56.0 0.1 3.0 2.0
U.S. No. 2 54.0 0.2 5.0 3.0
U.S. No. 3 52.0 0.5 7.0 4.0
U.S. No. 4 49.0 1.0 10.0 5.0
U.S. No. 5 46.0 3.0 15.0 7.0
U.S. Sample Grade
U.S. Sample grade is corn that:
(a) Does not meet the requirements for the grades U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5; or
(b) Contains stones with an aggregate weight in excess of 0.1 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), 8 or more cockleburs (Xanthium spp.), or similar seeds singly or in combination, or animal filth in excess of 0.20 percent in 1,000 grams; or
(c) Has a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor; or
(d) Is heating or otherwise of distinctly low quality.

Code of Federal Regulations

[60 FR 61196, Nov. 29, 1995]