7 CFR § 810.1604 - Grades and grade requirements for soybeans.

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title: "7 CFR § 810.1604 - Grades and grade requirements for soybeans."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "810.1604"
section_name: "Grades and grade requirements for soybeans."
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: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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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# 810.1604 Grades and grade requirements for soybeans.

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  |  |
| Damaged kernels: |  |  |  |  |
| Heat (part of total) | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Total | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 |
| Foreign material | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| Splits | 10.0 | 20.0 | 30.0 | 40.0 |
|  |  |  |  |  |
| Other materials: |  |  |  |  |
| Animal filth | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Castor beans | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Crotalaria seeds | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Glass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stones | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Unknown foreign substance | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| U.S. Sample grade are soybeans that: |  |  |  |  |
| (a) Do not meet the requirements for U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3, or 4; or |  |  |  |  |
| (b) Have a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor (except garlic odor); or |  |  |  |  |
| (c) Are heating or otherwise of distinctly low quality. |  |  |  |  |
| In addition to the maximum count limit, stones must exceed 0.1 percent of the sample weight. |  |  |  |  |
| 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. |  |  |  |  |

[88 FR 45056, July 14, 2023]