7 CFR § 810.1205 - Special grades and special grade requirements.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s810.1205"
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title: "7 CFR § 810.1205 - Special grades and special grade requirements."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "810.1205"
section_name: "Special grades and special grade requirements."
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"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 71-87k."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 24418, June 30, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
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# 810.1205 Special grades and special grade requirements.

(a) *Ergoty rye.* Rye that contains more than 0.30 percent of ergot.

(b) *Garlicky rye.* Rye that contains in a 1,000-gram portion more than six green garlic bulblets or an equivalent quantity of dry or partly dry bulblets.

(c) *Light garlicky rye.* Rye that contains in a 1,000-gram portion two or more, but not more than six, green garlic bulblets or an equivalent quantity of dry or partly dry bulblets.

(d) *Light smutty rye.* Rye that has an unmistakable odor of smut, or that contains in a 250-gram portion smut balls, portions of smut balls, or spores of smut in excess of a quantity equal to 14 smut balls but not in excess of a quantity equal to 30 smut balls of average size.

(e) *Plump rye.* Rye that contains not more than 5.0 percent of rye and other matter that passes through a 0.064 × 
3/8 oblong-hole sieve.

(f) *Smutty rye.* Rye that contains in a 250-gram portion smut balls, portions of smut balls, or spores of smut in excess of a quantity equal to 30 smut balls of average size.

[52 FR 24418, June 30, 1987, as amended at 52 FR 24441, June 30, 1987]