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7 CFR 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)
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.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 7—Agriculture
Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture
CHAPTER VIII—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE, FAIR TRADE PRACTICES PROGRAM), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
SUBCHAPTER A—FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION
PART 868—GENERAL REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
Subpart E—United States Standards for Milled Rice

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)

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.

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