7 CFR § 810.304
Grades and grade requirements for canola
July 6, 2020
Open Table
| Grading factors | Grades, U.S. Nos. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Maximum percent limits of: | |||
| Damaged kernels: | |||
| Heat damaged | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| Distinctly green | 2.0 | 6.0 | 20.0 |
| Total | 3.0 | 10.0 | 20.0 |
| Conspicuous admixture: | |||
| Ergot | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Sclerotinia | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.15 |
| Stones | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Total | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| Inconspicuous admixture | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Maximum count limits of: | |||
| Other material: | |||
| Animal filth | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Glass | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown foreign substance | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| U.S. Sample grade Canola that: | |||
| (a) Does not meet the requirements for U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3; or | |||
| (b) Has a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor; or | |||
| (c) Is heating or otherwise of distinctly low quality. | |||
