7 CFR § 810.206 - Grades and grade requirements for barley.

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title: "7 CFR § 810.206 - Grades and grade requirements for barley."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "810.206"
section_name: "Grades and grade requirements for barley."
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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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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# 810.206 Grades and grade requirements for barley.

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| U.S. No. 1 | 47.0 | 97.0 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 |
| U.S. No. 2 | 45.0 | 94.0 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 8.0 | 15.0 |
| U.S. No. 3 | 43.0 | 90.0 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 12.0 | 25.0 |
| U.S. No. 4 | 40.0 | 85.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 18.0 | 35.0 |
| U.S. No. 5 | 36.0 | 75.0 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 28.0 | 75.0 |
| U.S. Sample Grade: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| U.S. Sample grade shall be barley that: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| (a) Does not meet the requirements for the grades 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5; or |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| (b) Contains 8 or more stones or any number of 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 caster beans ( L.), 4 or more particles of unknown foreign substance(s) or 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 barley; or |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| (c) Has a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor (except smut or garlic odor); or |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| (d) Is heating or otherwise of distinctly low quality. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Includes heat-damaged kernels. Injured-by-frost kernels and injured-by-mold kernels are not considered damaged kernels. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

[61 FR 18492, Apr. 26, 1996]