7 CFR § 810.206 Official United States Standards for Grain

§ 810.206 Grades and grade requirements for barley.

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GradeMinimum limits of—Maximum Limits of—
Test weight per bushel (pounds)Sound barley (percent)Damaged kernels 1 (percent)Heat damaged kernels (percent)Foreign material (percent)Broken kernels (percent)Thin barley (percent)
U.S. No. 147.097.02.00.21.04.010.0
U.S. No. 245.094.04.00.32.08.015.0
U.S. No. 343.090.06.00.53.012.025.0
U.S. No. 440.085.08.01.04.018.035.0
U.S. No. 536.075.010.03.05.028.075.0

U.S. Sample Grade:

U.S. Sample grade shall be barley that:

(a) Does not meet the requirements for the grades 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5; or

(b) Contains 8 or more stones or any number of stones which have an aggregate weight in excess of 0.2 percent of the sample weight, 2 or more pieces of glass, 3 or more crotalaria seeds (Crotalaria spp.), 2 or more caster beans (Ricinus communis L.), 4 or more particles of unknown foreign substance(s) or commonly recognized harmful or toxic substance(s), 8 or more cocklebur (Xanthium spp.) or similar seeds singly or in combination, 10 or more rodent pellets, bird droppings, or equivalent quantity of other animal filth per 1 1/8 to 1 1/4 quarts of barley; or

(c) Has a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor (except smut or garlic odor); or

(d) Is heating or otherwise of distinctly low quality.

1 Includes heat-damaged kernels. Injured-by-frost kernels and injured-by-mold kernels are not considered damaged kernels.

[61 FR 18492, Apr. 26, 1996]

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