7 CFR 868.311 - Grades and grade requirements for the class Second Head Milled Rice. (See also § 868.315.)

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Title 7 - Agriculture last revised: Nov 22, 2024

§ 868.311 - Grades and grade requirements for the class Second Head Milled Rice. (See also § 868.315.)

Grades, Grade Requirements, and Grade Designations

Grade	Maximum limits of—
	Seeds, heat-damaged, and paddy kernels (singly or combined)		Red rice and damaged kernels (singly or combined) (percent)	Chalky kernels ^{1 3} (percent)	Color requirements ¹	Minimum milling requirements ²
	Total (number in 500 grams)	Heat-damaged kernels and objectionable seeds (number in 500 grams)	Red rice and damaged kernels (singly or combined) (percent)	Chalky kernels ^{1 3} (percent)	Color requirements ¹	Minimum milling requirements ²
U.S. No. 1	15	5	1.0	4.0	White or Creamy	Well milled.
U.S. No. 2	20	10	2.0	6.0	Slightly gray	Well milled.
U.S. No. 3	35	15	3.0	10.0	Light gray	Reasonably well milled.
U.S. No. 4	50	25	5.0	15.0	Gray or slightly gray	Reasonably well milled.
U.S. No. 5	75	40	10.0	20.0	Dark gray or 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) 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; or (g) is otherwise of distinctly low quality.

¹ For the special grade Parboiled milled rice, see § 868.315(c).

² For the special grade Undermilled milled rice, see § 868.315(d).

³ For the special grade Glutinous milled rice, see § 868.315(e).

[67 FR 61251, Sept. 30, 2002]

authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627.

cite as: 7 CFR 868.311