Grade |
Minimum test
weight per bushel (pounds) |
Maximum limits of
damaged kernels - |
Heat damaged kernels
(percent) |
Total (percent) |
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 1 1/8 to 1 1/4 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. |