7 CFR 868.312 - Grade and grade requirements for the class Screenings Milled Rice. (See also § 868.315.)

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Title 7 - Agriculture last revised: Nov 16, 2024

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§ 868.312 - Grade and grade requirements for the class Screenings Milled Rice. (See also § 868.315.)

Grades, Grade Requirements, and Grade Designations

Grade	Maximum limits of—
	Paddy kernels and seeds		Chalky kernels ^{1 3} (percent)	Color requirements ¹	Minimum milling requirements ²
	Total (number in 500 grams)	Objectionable seeds (number in 500 grams)	Chalky kernels ^{1 3} (percent)	Color requirements ¹	Minimum milling requirements ²
U.S. No. 1 ^{4 5}	30	20	5.0	White or Creamy	Well milled.
U.S. No. 2 ^{4 5}	75	50	8.0	Slightly gray	Well milled.
U.S. No. 3 ^{4 5}	125	90	12.0	Light gray or slightly rosy	Reasonably well milled.
U.S. No. 4 ^{4 5}	175	140	20.0	Gray or rosy	Reasonably well milled.
U.S. No. 5	250	200	30.0	Dark gray or very rosy	Reasonably well milled.
U.S. Sample grade:
U.S. Sample grade shall be milled rice of this class which: (a) Does not meet the requirements for any of the grades from U.S. No. 1 to U.S. No. 5, inclusive; (b) contains more than 15.0 percent of moisture; (c) is musty or sour, or heating; (d) has any commercially objectionable foreign odor; (e) has a badly damaged or extremely red appearance (f) contains more than 0.1 percent of foreign material; (g) contains two or more live or dead weevils or other insects, insect webbing, or insect refuse; or (h) is otherwise of distinctly low quality.

¹ For the special grade Parboiled milled rice, see § 868.315(c).

² For the special grade Undermilled milled rice, see § 868.315(d).

³ For the special grade Glutinous milled rice, see § 868.315(e).

⁴ Grades U.S. No. 1 to U.S. No. 4, inclusive, shall contain not more than 3.0 percent of heat-damaged kernels, kernels damaged by heat and/or parboiled kernels in nonparboiled rice.

⁵ Grades U.S. No. 1 to U.S. No. 4, inclusive, shall contain not more than 1.0 percent of material passing through a 30 sieve.

[67 FR 61251, Sept. 30, 2002]

authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627.

cite as: 7 CFR 868.312