"classes that blend" and the factor of size when Large Lima beans predominate, shall be disregarded, and the grade designation shall include the name and percentage of each class in the mixture. The name of each applicable special grade shall be shown as provided for in § 68.138. § 68.138 Special grades, special grade requirements, and special grade designations for all classes of beans. (a) Handpicked beans—(1) Grade requirements. The special grade "Handpicked" beans shall be applicable to beans of any one of the classes, except Pea, Blackeye, Large Lima, Baby Lima, Miscellaneous Lima, and Mixed beans, which meet the grade requirements for any of the grades U.S. No. 1, U.S. No. 2, or U.S. No. 3, and contain not more than 0.3 percent of badly damaged beans, not more than 0.01 percent contrasting classes, and not more than 0.01 percent of foreign material. Handpicked beans shall not include "off-color" beans. (NOTE: The handpicked grades for Pea beans are shown in § 68.133.) (2) Grade designation. Handpicked beans shall be graded and designated as provided in either subdivision (i) or (ii) of this subparagraph as follows: (i) Choice handpicked. Handpicked beans of all classes to which the special grade Handpicked applies, except the class Pinto beans, which meet the grade requirements for the grade U.S. No. 1, and which do not contain more than 1.5 percent total defects, and Pinto beans which meet the grade requirements for the grade U.S. No. 1 and which do not contain more than 2.0 percent total defects, shall be graded and designated as "U.S. Choice Handpicked." Such designation shall precede the name of the class. (ii) Handpicked. Handpicked beans which do not meet the grade requirements for the grade U.S. Choice Handpicked shall be graded and designated according to the grade requirements of the standards applicable to such beans if they were not handpicked, and there shall be added to and made a part of the grade designation, following the number of the grade, the word "Handpicked." (b) High moisture beans-(1) Grade requirements. High moisture beans shall be beans of any class which contain more than 18 percent of moisture. (2) Grade designation. High moisture beans shall be graded and designated according to the grade requirements of the standards otherwise applicable to such beans, and there shall be added to and made a part of the grade designation, following the name of the class, the words "high moisture," followed by a statement of the percentage of moisture in the beans. (c) Off-color beans-(1) Grade requirements. Off-color beans shall be beans of any class that, in mass, are distinctly off-color due to age or to any other natural cause but which are not materially weathered. Rough rice shall be divided into the following classes based on the length/ width ratio of whole kernels as established by the Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (Agriculture Handbook No. 289): Long Grain Rough Rice. Each class shall contain more than 25.0 percent of whole kernels of rough rice and, except for Mixed Rough Rice, may contain not more than 10.0 percent of rice of other classes. Mixed Rough Rice shall be any mixture of rough rice consisting of less than 90.0 percent of one class and more than 10.0 percent of rice of any other class(es). 1 The specifications of these standards shall not excuse failure to comply with the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. (a) Broken kernels shall be pieces of kernels of rice which are less than threefourths of the length of whole kernels, and split kernels of rice. (b) Large broken kernels shall be the broken kernels of Long Grain Rice and Medium Grain Rice that will pass over a No. 6 sizing plate and broken kernels of Short Grain Rice that will pass over a 6/64 round hole sieve, or as determined by any other device which gives equivalent results. § 68.207 Chalky kernels. Chalky kernels shall be kernels and pieces of kernels of rice each of which is one-half or more chalky. § 68.208 Red rice. Red rice shall be kernels and pieces of kernels of rice which are distinctly red in color or which have an appreciable amount of red bran thereon. § 68.209 Damaged kernels. Damaged kernels shall be kernels and pieces of kernels of rice which are distinctly discolored or damaged by water, insects, heat, or any other means. Kernels and pieces of kernels of parboiled rice when found in nonparboiled rice shall function as damaged kernels. § 68.210 Heat-damaged kernels. Heat-damaged kernels shall be kernels and pieces of kernels of rice which are materially discolored and damaged by heat. Kernels and pieces of kernels of dark parboiled rice when found in nonparboiled rice shall function as heatdamaged kernels. § 68.218 Test weight per bushel. Test weight per bushel shall be the weight per Winchester bushel as determined by the method prescribed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as described in Circular No. 921 issued June 1953, or as determined by any method which gives equivalent results. Test weight per bushel, when used, shall be expressed to the nearest tenth of a pound. PRINCIPLES GOVERNING APPLICATION OF STANDARDS § 68.219 Basis of determinations. Each determination of class, seeds, objectionable seeds, heat-damaged kernels, red rice and damaged kernels, chalky of a whole percent and fractions of a percent shall be disregarded. § 68.221 Moisture. Moisture shall be determined by the use of equipment and procedure prescribed by the Consumer and Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, or determined by any method which gives equivalent results. (Information thereon may be obtained from said Service.) § 68.222 Determination of milling yield. The milling yield of rough rice shall be determined by the use of equipment and procedure prescribed by the Consumer and Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, or by any method which gives equivalent results. GRADES, GRADE REQUIREMENTS, AND GRADE DESIGNATIONS § 68.223 Grades and grade requirements 10.0 May be dark gray or rosy. U.S. Sample grade.. U.S. Sample grade shall be rough rice which does not meet the requirements for any of the grades from U.S. No. 1 to U.S. No. 6, inclusive; or which contains more than 14.0 percent of moisture: or which is must y, or sour, or heating; or which has any commercially objec tionable foreign odor; or which is otherwise of distinctly low quality. 1 These limits do not apply to the class Mixed Rough Rice. These color requirements are not applicable to Parboiled Rough Rice. 3 The rice in grade U.S. No. 6 may contain not more than 6.0 percent of damaged kernels. § 68.224 Special grades, special grade requirements, and special grade designations for rough rice. (a) Parboiled rough rice-(1) Requirements. Parboiled rough rice shall be rough rice in which the starch in the kernels has been gelatinized by soaking, steaming, and drying the rice. Parboiled rough rice in grades U.S. No. 1 to U.S. No. 6, inclusive, may contain not more than 10.0 percent of kernels of parboiled rice that have ungelatinized areas; and Parboiled rough rice in grades U.S. No. 1 and U.S. No. 2 may contain not more than 0.1 percent, in grades U.S. No. 3 and U.S. No. 4 not more than 0.2 percent, and in grades U.S. No. 5 and U.S. No. 6 not more than 0.5 percent of nonparboiled rough rice. (2) Grade designation. Parboiled rough rice shall be graded and designated according to the special grade requirements for parboiled rough rice and to the grade requirements of the standards otherwise applicable to such rough rice, except that the factor "chalky kernels" shall be disregarded, and there shall be added to and made a part of the grade designation the words "Parboiled Light" if the rough rice is not colored or is slightly colored by the parboiling treatment, the word "Parboiled" if the rough rice is distinctly but not materially colored by the parboiling treatment, and the words "Parboiled Dark” if the rough rice is materially colored by the parboiling treatment. Samples illustrating the acceptable levels for "Parboiled Light," "Parboiled," and "Parboiled Dark" will be maintained by the Grain Division, Consumer and Marketing Seryice, and will be available for reference in all rice inspection offices. (b) Weevily rough rice—(1) Requirements. Weevily rough rice shall be rough rice which is infested with live weevils or other live insects injurious to stored rice. (2) Grade designation. Weevily rough rice shall be graded and designated according to the grade requirements of the standards otherwise applicable to such rough rice and there shall be added to and made a part of the grade designation the word "Weevily." § 68.225 Grade designations for rough rice. The grade designation for rough rice shall include, in the order named, the letters "U.S."; the number of the grade or the words "Sample grade", as the case may be; the name of the class; the name of each applicable special grade; and, in the case of rough rice which contains not more than 18 percent of moisture, there shall be added to the grade designation a statement of the milling yield. In the case of Mixed Rough Rice, the grade designation shall also include, following the name of the class, the name and approximate percentage of the predominant class and then, in the order of predominance, of each other class of rough rice contained in the mixture. When requested by the applicant for inspection, the results of analysis for one or more factors of the large broken kernels shall Brown rice shall be divided into the following classes based on the length/ width ratio of whole kernels as established by the Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (Agriculture Handbook No. 289): Long Grain Brown Rice. Medium Grain Brown Rice. Each class shall contain more than 25.0 Grades. Red rice shall be kernels and pieces of kernels of rice which are distinctly red in color or on which the bran is red. § 68.259 Damaged kernels. Damaged kernels shall be kernels and pieces of kernels of rice which are distinctly discolored or damaged by water, insects, heat, or any other means. Kernels and pieces of kernels of parboiled rice when found in nonparboiled rice shall function as damaged kernels. § 68.260 Heat-damaged kernels. Heat-damaged kernels shall be kernels and pieces of kernels of rice which are materially discolored and damaged by heat. Kernels and pieces of kernels of dark parboiled rice when found in nonparboiled rice shall function as heatdamaged kernels. § 68.261 Paddy kernels. Paddy kernels shall be unhulled kernels of rice, either whole or broken. § 68.262 Seeds. Seeds shall be grains or kernels, either whole or broken, of any plant other than rice. § 68.263 Objectionable seeds. Objectionable seeds shall be all seeds except seeds of Echinochloa crusgalli (commonly known as barnyard grass, watergrass, and Japanese millet). § 68.264 Foreign material. Foreign material shall be all matter other than rice and seeds. § 68.265 4/64 sieve. A 4/64 round hole sieve shall be a metal sieve 0.0319 inch thick perforated with round holes 0.0625 (4/64) inch in diameter which are % inch from center to center. The perforations of each row shall be staggered in relation to the adjacent rows. A 6/64 round hole sieve shall be a metal sieve 0.0319 inch thick perforated with round holes 0.0938 (6/64) inch in diameter which are 52 inch from center to center. The perforations of each row shall be staggered in relation to the adjacent rows. § 68.268 62/64 sieve. A 62/64 round hole sieve shall be a metal sieve 0.0319 inch thick perforated with round holes 0.1016 (62/64) inch in diameter which are 532 inch from center to center. The perforations of each row shall be staggered in relation to the adjacent rows. |