{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-810.1404","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 810.1404","heading":"Grades and grade requirements for sorghum.","body":"Grading factors Grades U.S. Nos. 1\n1 2 3 4\nMinimum pound limits of\nTest weight per bushel 57.0 55.0 53.0 51.0\nMaximum percent limits of\nDamaged kernels:\nHeat (part of total) 0.2 0.5 1.0 3.0\nTotal 2.0 5.0 10.0 15.0\nBroken kernels and foreign material:\nForeign material (part of total) 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0\nTotal 3.0 6.0 8.0 10.0\nMaximum count limits of\nOther material:\nAnimal filth 9 9 9 9\nCastor beans 1 1 1 1\nCrotalaria seeds 2 2 2 2\nGlass 1 1 1 1\nStones 2 7 7 7 7\nUnknown foreign substance 3 3 3 3\nCockleburs 7 7 7 7\nTotal 3 10 10 10 10\nU.S. Sample grade is sorghum that:\n(a) Does not meet the requirements for U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3, or 4; or\n(b) Has a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor (except smut odor); or\n(c) Is badly weathered, heating, or distinctly low quality.\n1 Sorghum which is distinctly discolored shall not grade higher than U.S. No. 3.\n2 Aggregate weight of stones must also exceed 0.2 percent of the sample weight.\n3 Includes any combination of animal filth, castor beans, crotalaria seeds, glass, stones, unknown foreign substance or cockleburs.","path":["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 810—OFFICIAL UNITED STATES STANDARDS FOR GRAIN","Subpart I—United States Standards for Sorghum"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"135f88e0b7df42abd014bc5ea2634077636048d981971bd9c2069f208434ea57","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-810.1403","next":"us/7-cfr-810.1405"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}