7 CFR § 868.261 - Grade and grade requirements for the classes of brown rice for processing. (See also § 868.263.)

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title: "7 CFR § 868.261 - Grade and grade requirements for the classes of brown rice for processing. (See also § 868.263.)"
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# 868.261 Grade and grade requirements for the classes of brown rice for processing. (See also § 868.263.)

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| U.S. No. 1 | — | 20 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| U.S. No. 2 | 2.0 | — | 40 | 2 | 10 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| U.S. No. 3 | 2.0 | — | 70 | 4 | 20 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 10.0 |
| U.S. No. 4 | 2.0 | — | 100 | 8 | 35 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| U.S. No. 5 | 2.0 | — | 150 | 15 | 50 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 6.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |

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| U.S. Sample grade | U.S. Sample grade shall be brown rice for processing which (a) does not meet the requirements for any of the grades from U.S. No. 1 to U.S. No. 5, inclusive; (b) contains more than 14.5 percent of moisture; (c) is musty, or sour, or heating; (d) has any commercially objectionable foreign odor; (e) contains more than 0.2 percent of related material or more than 0.1 percent of unrelated material; (f) contains two or more live weevils or other live insects; or (g) is otherwise of distinctly low quality. |
| For the special grade Parboiled brown rice for processing, see § 868.263(a). |  |
| For the special grade Glutinous brown rice for processing, see § 868.263(c). |  |
| Plates should be used for southern production rice and sieves should be used for western production rice, but any device or method which gives equivalent results may be used. |  |
| These limits do not apply to the class Mixed Brown Rice for Processing. |  |

[56 FR 55979, Oct. 31, 1991. Redesignated and amended at 60 FR 16364, Mar. 30, 1995]