{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-810.1604","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 810.1604","heading":"Grades and grade requirements for soybeans.","body":"Grading factors Grades U. S. Nos.\n1 2 3 4\nMaximum percent limits of:\nDamaged kernels:\nHeat (part of total) 0.2 0.5 1.0 3.0\nTotal 2.0 3.0 5.0 8.0\nForeign material 1.0 2.0 3.0 5.0\nSplits 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0\nMaximum count limits of:\nOther materials:\nAnimal filth 9 9 9 9\nCastor beans 1 1 1 1\nCrotalaria seeds 2 2 2 2\nGlass 0 0 0 0\nStones 1 3 3 3 3\nUnknown foreign substance 3 3 3 3\nTotal 2 10 10 10 10\nU.S. Sample grade are soybeans that:\n(a) Do not meet the requirements for U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3, or 4; or\n(b) Have a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor (except garlic odor); or\n(c) Are heating or otherwise of distinctly low quality.\n1 In addition to the maximum count limit, stones must exceed 0.1 percent of the sample weight.\n2 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.","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 J—United States Standards for Soybeans"],"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":"7454bf414d322cdf104fd30b921b534ced5d4e22cbc22696c45201a4ad375589","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-810.1603","next":"us/7-cfr-810.1605"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}