Open Table
Grade Minimum test weight per bushel (pounds) Maximum limits of
Damaged kernels Broken corn and foreign material (percent)
Heat damaged kernels (percent) Total (percent)
U.S. No. 1 56.0 0.1 3.0 2.0
U.S. No. 2 54.0 0.2 5.0 3.0
U.S. No. 3 52.0 0.5 7.0 4.0
U.S. No. 4 49.0 1.0 10.0 5.0
U.S. No. 5 46.0 3.0 15.0 7.0

U.S. Sample Grade

   U.S. Sample grade is corn that:

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

      (b) Contains stones with an aggregate weight in excess of 0.1 percent of the sample weight, 2 or more pieces of glass, 3 or more crotalaria seeds (Crotalaria spp.), 2 or more castor beans (Ricinus communis L.), 4 or more particles of an unknown foreign substance(s)or a commonly recognized harmful or toxic substance(s), 8 or more cockleburs (Xanthium spp.), or similar seeds singly or in combination, or animal filth in excess of 0.20 percent in 1,000 grams; or

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

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

[60 FR 61196, Nov. 29, 1995]


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