7 CFR § 868.312 - Grade and grade requirements for the class Screenings Milled Rice. (See also § 868.315.)

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# 868.312 Grade and grade requirements for the class Screenings Milled Rice. (See also § 868.315.)

Grades, Grade Requirements, and Grade Designations

|  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| U.S. No. 1 | 30 | 20 | 5.0 | White or Creamy | Well milled. |
| U.S. No. 2 | 75 | 50 | 8.0 | Slightly gray | Well milled. |
| U.S. No. 3 | 125 | 90 | 12.0 | Light gray or slightly rosy | Reasonably well milled. |
| U.S. No. 4 | 175 | 140 | 20.0 | Gray or rosy | Reasonably well milled. |
| U.S. No. 5 | 250 | 200 | 30.0 | Dark gray or very rosy | Reasonably well milled. |
| U.S. Sample grade: |  |  |  |  |  |
| U.S. Sample grade shall be milled rice of this class 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 15.0 percent of moisture; (c) is musty or sour, or heating; (d) has any commercially objectionable foreign odor; (e) has a badly damaged or extremely red appearance (f) contains more than 0.1 percent of foreign material; (g) contains two or more live or dead weevils or other insects, insect webbing, or insect refuse; or (h) is otherwise of distinctly low quality. |  |  |  |  |  |
| For the special grade Parboiled milled rice, see § 868.315(c). |  |  |  |  |  |
| For the special grade Undermilled milled rice, see § 868.315(d). |  |  |  |  |  |
| For the special grade Glutinous milled rice, see § 868.315(e). |  |  |  |  |  |
| Grades U.S. No. 1 to U.S. No. 4, inclusive, shall contain not more than 3.0 percent of heat-damaged kernels, kernels damaged by heat and/or parboiled kernels in nonparboiled rice. |  |  |  |  |  |
| Grades U.S. No. 1 to U.S. No. 4, inclusive, shall contain not more than 1.0 percent of material passing through a 30 sieve. |  |  |  |  |  |

[67 FR 61251, Sept. 30, 2002]