Title 7

SECTION 810.1604

810.1604 Grades and grade requirements for soybeans.

§ 810.1604 Grades and grade requirements for soybeans.
Grading factors Grades U.S. Nos.
1 2 3 4
Maximum percent limits of:
Damaged kernels:
Heat (part of total) 0.2 0.5 1.0 3.0
Total 2.0 3.0 5.0 8.0
Foreign material 1.0 2.0 3.0 5.0
Splits 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0
Soybeans of other colors: 1 1.0 2.0 5.0 10.0
Maximum count limits of:
Other material:
Animal filth 9 9 9 9
Caster beans 1 1 1 1
Crotalaria seeds 2 2 2 2
Glass 0 0 0 0
Stones 2 3 3 3 3
Unknown foreign substance 3 3 3 3
Total 3 10 10 10 10
U.S. Sample grade are Soybeans that:
(a) Do not meet the requirements for U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3, or 4; or
(b) Have a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor (except smut or garlic odor); or
(c) Are heating or of distinctly low quality.

1 Disregard for Mixed soybeans.

2 In addition to the maximum count limit, stones must exceed 0.1 percent of the sample weight.

3 Includes any combination of animal filth, castor beans, crotalaria seeds, glass, stones, and unknown substances. The weight of stones is not applicable for total other material.

[71 FR 52406, Sept. 6, 2006]