810.604—Grades and grade requirements for flaxseed.
| U.S. No. 1 |
49.0 |
0.2 |
10.0 |
| U.S. No. 2 |
47.0 |
0.5 |
15.0 |
| U.S. Sample grade— |
| U.S. Sample grade is flaxseed that: |
| (a) Does not meet the requirements for the grades U.S. Nos. 1 or 2; or |
| (b) Contains 8 or more 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), 10 or more rodent pellets, bird dropping, or equivalent quantity of other animal filth per 11/8 to 11/4 quarts of flaxseed; or |
| (c) Has musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor (except smut or garlic odor), or |
| (d) Is heating or otherwise of distinctly low quality. |