7 CFR 868.313 - Grades and grade requirements for the class Brewers Milled Rice. (See also § 868.315.)

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Title 7 - Agriculture last revised: Nov 22, 2024

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§ 868.313 - Grades and grade requirements for the class Brewers Milled Rice. (See also § 868.315.)

Grades, Grade Requirements, and Grade Designations

Grade	Maximum limits of— paddy kernels and seeds		Color requirements ¹	Minimum milling requirements ²
Grade	Total (singly or combined) (percent)	Objectionable seeds (percent)	Color requirements ¹	Minimum milling requirements ²
U.S. No. 1 ^{3 4}	0.5	0.05	White or Creamy	Well milled.
U.S. No. 2 ^{3 4}	1.0	0.1	Slightly gray	Well milled.
U.S. No. 3 ^{3 4}	1.5	0.2	Light gray or slightly rosy	Reasonably well milled.
U.S. No. 4 ^{3 4}	3.0	0.4	Gray or rosy	Reasonably well milled.
U.S. No. 5	5.0	1.5	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 more than 15.0 percent of broken kernels that will pass through a 2 1/2 sieve; (h) contains two or more live or dead weevils or other insects, insect webbing, or insect refuse; or (h) 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 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.

⁴ 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. This limit does not apply to the special grade Granulated brewers milled rice.

[67 FR 61252, Sept. 30, 2002]

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

cite as: 7 CFR 868.313