7 CFR § 868.310 - Grades and grade requirements for the classes Long Grain Milled Rice, Medium Grain Milled Rice, Short Grain Milled Rice, and Mixed Milled Rice. (See also § 868.315.)

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# 868.310 Grades and grade requirements for the classes Long Grain Milled Rice, Medium Grain Milled Rice, Short Grain Milled Rice, and Mixed Milled Rice. (See also § 868.315.)

Grades, Grade Requirements, and Grade Designations

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| U.S. No. 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 0.04 | 0.1 | 0.1 |  | 1.0 | White or creamy | Well Milled. |
| U.S. No. 2 | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 0.06 | 0.2 | 0.2 |  | 2.0 | Slightly gray | Well Milled. |
| U.S. No. 3 | 7 | 5 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 15.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 |  | 3.0 | Light gray | Reasonably well milled. |
| U.S. No. 4 | 20 | 15 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 25.0 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 |  | 5.0 | Gray or slightly rosy | Reasonably well milled. |
| U.S. No. 5 | 30 | 25 | 6.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 35.0 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |  | Dark gray or rosy | Reasonably well milled. |
| U.S. No. 6 | 75 | 75 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 50.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 10.0 |  | Dark gray or rosy | Reasonably well milled. |
| U.S. Sample grade: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| U.S. Sample grade shall be milled rice of any of these classes which: (a) Does not meet the requirements for any of the grades from U.S. No. 1 to U.S. No. 6, inclusive; (b) contains more than 15.0 percent of moisture; (c) is musty or sour, or heating; (d) has any commercially objectionable foreign odor; (e) contains more than 0.1 percent of foreign material; (f) Contains two or more live or dead weevils or other insects, insect webbing, or insect refuse; (g) is otherwise of distinctly low quality. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| For the special grade Parboiled milled rice, see § 868.315(c). |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| For the special grade Glutinous milled rice, see § 868.315(e). |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 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 Milled Rice. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| For the special grade Undermilled milled rice, see § 868.315(d). |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Grade U.S. No. 6 shall contain not more than 6.0 percent of damaged kernels. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

[67 FR 61250, Sept. 30, 2002, as amended at 70 FR 37255, June 29, 2005]