§ 810.1804 Grades and grade requirements for sunflower seed.
7 CFR 810.1804
Citation7 CFR 810.1804
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§ 810.1804 Grades and grade requirements for sunflower seed.
Grade
Minimum test weight per bushel (pounds)
Maximum limits of—
Damaged Sunflower Seed
Dehulled seed (percent)
Heat Damaged (percent)
Total (Percent)
U.S. No. 1
25.0
0.5
5.0
5.0
U.S. No. 2
25.0
1.0
10.0
5.0
U.S. Sample grade—
U.S. Sample grade is sunflower seed 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 0.20 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 droppings, or equivalent quantity of other animal filth per 600 grams of sunflower seed; or
(c) Has a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor; or
(d) Is heating or otherwise of distinctly low quality.