7 CFR § 868.257 - Milling yield determination.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s868.257"
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title: "7 CFR § 868.257 - Milling yield determination."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "868.257"
section_name: "Milling yield determination."
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: "868"
part_name: "GENERAL REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 1621-1627."
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# 868.257 Milling yield determination.
Milling yield shall be determined by the use of an approved device in accordance with procedures prescribed in FGIS instructions. For the purpose of this paragraph, “approved device” shall include the McGill Miller No. 3 and any other equipment that is approved by the Administrator as giving equivalent results.
Milling yield shall not be determined when the moisture content of the brown rice for processing exceeds 18.0 percent.
[42 FR 40869, Aug. 12, 1977; 42 FR 64356, Dec. 23, 1977, as amended at 47 FR 34516, Aug. 10, 1982; 54 FR 21403, May 18, 1989. Redesignated at 54 FR 21406, May 18, 1989, and further redesignated at 60 FR 16364, Mar. 30, 1995]