Grades and grade requirements for the class Second Head Milled Rice. (See also § 868.315.)

Grades, Grade Requirements, and Grade Designations Grade Maximum limits of— Seeds, heat-damaged, and paddy kernels(singly or combined) Red rice anddamagedkernels(singly or combined) (percent) Chalky kernels 1,3 (percent) Color requirements 1 Minimummillingrequirements 2 Total (numberin 500 grams) Heat-damaged kernels and objectionable seeds (number in 500 grams) U.S. No. 1 15 5 1 4 White or Creamy Well milled. U.S. No. 2 20 10 2 6 Slightly gray Well milled. U.S. No. 3 35 15 3 10 Light gray Reasonably well milled. U.S. No. 4 50 25 5 15 Gray or slightly gray Reasonably well milled. U.S. No. 5 75 40 10 20 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).

[67 FR 61251, Sept. 30, 2002]