7 CFR § 810.1604
Grades and grade requirements for soybeans
July 6, 2020
Open Table
| Grading factors | Grades U.S. Nos. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Maximum percent limits of: | ||||
| Damaged kernels: | ||||
| Heat (part of total) | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Total | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 |
| Foreign material | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| Splits | 10.0 | 20.0 | 30.0 | 40.0 |
| Soybeans of other colors:1 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 10.0 |
| Maximum count limits of: | ||||
| Other material: | ||||
| Animal filth | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Caster beans | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Crotalaria seeds | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Glass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stones2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Unknown foreign substance | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Total3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| U.S. Sample grade are Soybeans that: | ||||
| (a) Do not meet the requirements for U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3, or 4; or | ||||
| (b) Have a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor (except smut or garlic odor); or | ||||
| (c) Are heating or of distinctly low quality. | ||||
1Disregard for Mixed soybeans.
2In addition to the maximum count limit, stones must exceed 0.1 percent of the sample weight.
3Includes any combination of animal filth, castor beans, crotalaria seeds, glass, stones, and unknown substances. The weight of stones is not applicable for total other material.
[71 FR 52406, Sept. 6, 2006]
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