Grade |
Minimum test
weight per bushel (pounds) |
Maximum limits of
- |
Foreign
material |
Damaged
kernels |
Thin Rye
(percent) |
Foreign matter other than
wheat (percent) |
Total (percent) |
Heat damaged (percent) |
Total (percent) |
U.S. No. 1 |
56.0 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
0.2 |
2.0 |
10.0 |
U.S. No. 2 |
54.0 |
2.0 |
6.0 |
0.2 |
4.0 |
15.0 |
U.S. No. 3 |
52.0 |
4.0 |
10.0 |
0.5 |
7.0 |
25.0 |
U.S. No. 4 |
49.0 |
6.0 |
10.0 |
3.0 |
15.0 |
|
U.S.
Sample grade - |
U.S. Sample grade is rye that: |
(a)
Does not meet the requirements for the grades U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3, or
4; or |
(b)
Contains 8 or more stones or any numbers of 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), 2 or more rodent pellets,
bird droppings, or equivalent quantity of other animal filth per 1
1/8 to 1 1/4 quarts of rye; or |
(c)
Has a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor
(except smut or garlic odor); or |
(d)
Is heating or otherwise of distinctly low quality. |