CFR

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
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]

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