7 CFR 810.1604 - Grades and grade requirements for soybeans.

Regulations last checked for updates: May 19, 2024

Title 7 - Agriculture last revised: Nov 16, 2024

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§ 810.1604 - Grades and grade requirements for soybeans.

Grading factors	Grades U. S. Nos.
Grading factors	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
Maximum count limits of:
Other materials:
Animal filth	9	9	9	9
Castor beans	1	1	1	1
Crotalaria seeds	2	2	2	2
Glass	0	0	0	0
Stones ¹	3	3	3	3
Unknown foreign substance	3	3	3	3
Total ²	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 garlic odor); or

¹ In addition to the maximum count limit, stones must exceed 0.1 percent of the sample weight.

² Includes any combination of animal filth, castor beans, crotalaria seeds, glass, stones, and unknown foreign substances. The weight of stones is not applicable for total other material.

[88 FR 45056, July 14, 2023]

authority: 7 U.S.C. 71-87k.

source: 52 FR 24418, June 30, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 7 CFR 810.1604