7 CFR 868.311 – Grades and grade requirements for the class Second Head Milled Rice. (See also § 868.315.)
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Grades, Grade Requirements, and Grade Designations
| Grade | Maximum limits of— | |||||
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| Seeds, heat-damaged, and paddy kernels (singly or combined) | Red rice and damaged kernels (singly or combined) (percent) | Chalky kernels 1 3 (percent) | Color requirements 1 | Minimum milling requirements 2 | ||
| Total (number in 500 grams) | Heat-damaged kernels and objectionable seeds (number in 500 grams) | |||||
| U.S. No. 1 | 15 | 5 | 1.0 | 4.0 | White or Creamy | Well milled. |
| U.S. No. 2 | 20 | 10 | 2.0 | 6.0 | Slightly gray | Well milled. |
| U.S. No. 3 | 35 | 15 | 3.0 | 10.0 | Light gray | Reasonably well milled. |
| U.S. No. 4 | 50 | 25 | 5.0 | 15.0 | Gray or slightly gray | Reasonably well milled. |
| U.S. No. 5 | 75 | 40 | 10.0 | 20.0 | Dark gray or 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) contains more than 0.1 percent of foreign material; (f) contains two or more live or dead weevils or other insects, insect webbing, or insect refuse; or (g) 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 For the special grade Glutinous milled rice, see § 868.315(e).