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 868—GENERAL REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES > SUBPART E—United States Standards for Milled Rice (§868.301 to §868.316) > 868.312—Grade and grade requirements for the class Screenings Milled Rice. (See also § 868.315.)

868.312—Grade and grade requirements for the class Screenings Milled Rice. (See also § 868.315.)

Grades, Grade Requirements, and Grade Designations
Grade Maximum limits of— Paddy kernels and seeds Total (number in 500 grams) Objectionable seeds (number in 500 grams) Chalky kernels 1,3 (percent) Color requirements 1 Minimum millingrequirements 2
U.S. No. 1 4,5 30 20 5.0 White or Creamy Well milled.
U.S. No. 2 4,5 75 50 8.0 Slightly gray Well milled.
U.S. No. 3 4,5 125 90 12.0 Light gray or slightly rosy Reasonably well milled.
U.S. No. 4 4,5 175 140 20.0 Gray or rosy Reasonably well milled.
U.S. No. 5 250 200 30.0 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 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 For the special grade Glutinous milled rice, see § 868.315(e) .
4 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.
5 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.

Code of Federal Regulations

[67 FR 61251, Sept. 30, 2002]