7 CFR § 810.1004 - Grades and grade requirements for oats.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s810.1004"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 810.1004 - Grades and grade requirements for oats."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "810.1004"
section_name: "Grades and grade requirements for oats."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE, FAIR TRADE PRACTICES PROGRAM), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION"
part_number: "810"
part_name: "OFFICIAL UNITED STATES STANDARDS FOR GRAIN"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 71-87k."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 24418, June 30, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "810"
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# 810.1004 Grades and grade requirements for oats.

|  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| U.S. No. 1 | 36.0 | 97.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| U.S. No. 2 | 33.0 | 94.0 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| U.S. No. 3 | 30.0 | 90.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| U.S. No. 4 | 27.0 | 80.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 10.0 |
| U.S. Sample grade— |  |  |  |  |  |
| U.S. Sample grade are oats which: |  |  |  |  |  |
| (a) Do not meet the requirements for the grades U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3, or 4; or |  |  |  |  |  |
| (b) Contain 8 or more stones which have an aggregate weight in excess of 0.2 percent of the sample weight, 2 or more pieces of glass, 3 or more crotalaria seeds ( spp.), 2 or more castor beans ( L.), 4 or more particles of an unknown foreign substance(s) or a commonly recognized harmful or toxic substance(s), 8 or more cocklebur ( spp.) or similar seeds singly or in combination, 10 or more rodent pellets, bird droppings, or equivalent quantity of other animal filth per 1⁄ to 1⁄ quarts of oats; or |  |  |  |  |  |
| (c) Have a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor (except smut or garlic odor); or |  |  |  |  |  |
| (d) Are heating or otherwise of distinctly low quality. |  |  |  |  |  |
| Oats that are slightly weathered shall be graded not higher than U.S. No. 3. |  |  |  |  |  |
| Oats that are badly stained or materially weathered shall be graded not higher than U.S. No. 4. |  |  |  |  |  |