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Sample grade...

Sample grade shall include milled rice of the subclass California Second Head milled rice, which does not come within the requirements of any of the grades from U. S. No. 1 to U. S. No. 5, inclusive; or which contains more than 15 percent of moisture; or which has any commercially objectionable odor; or is musty, or sour, or heating, or hot; or is of a badly damaged or extremely red appearance; or is otherwise of distinctly low quality; or contains more than 0.1 percent of foreign material.

Color and General Appearance

U. S. No. 1-Shall be white or creamy, and shall be well milled.

U. S. No. 2 Shall be white, creamy, or slightly grayish, and shall be well milled.

U. S. No. 3-Shall be white, creamy, or light gray, and shall be reasonably well milled.

U. S. No. 4 Shall be white, creamy, or gray, and shall be reasonably well milled.

U. S. No. 5-May be dark gray or slightly rosy, and shall be reasonably well milled.

§ 60.96 Screenings milled rice (Class XIV). This class shall consist of milled rice which contain not more than 25 percent of whole kernels, which does not meet the requirements of size separations specified for the class Second Head milled rice, and which contains not more

Sample grade shall include milled rice of the subclass Screenings milled rice, which does not come within the requirements of any of the grades from U. S. No. 1 to U. S. No. 5, inclusive; or which contains more than 15 percent of moisture; or which has any commercially objectionable odor; or is musty, or sour, or heating, or hot; or is of a badly damaged or extremely red appearance; or is otherwise of distinctly low quality; or contains more than 0.1 percent or foreign material.

Color and General Appearance

U. S. No. 1-Shall be white or creamy, and shall be well milled.

U. S. No. 2-Shall be white, creamy, or slightly grayish, and shall be well milled.

U. S. No. 3-Shall be white, creamy, or light gray, and may be slightly rosy, and shall be reasonably well milled.

U. S. No. 4-Shall be white, creamy, or gray, and may be rosy, and shall be reasonably well milled.

U. S. No. 5-May be dark gray or very rosy, and shall be reasonably well milled.

§ 60.99 Subclass (b) California Screenings milled rice of Class XIV. This subclass shall include all Screenings milled rice possessing the characteristics of rice of this class as grown west of the Great Plains area of the United States.

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U. S. No. 5... Sample grade...

Sample grade shall include milled rice of the subclass California Screenings milled rice, which does not come within the requirements of any of the grades from U. S. No. 1 to U. S. No. 5, inclusive; or which contains more than 15 percent of moisture; or which has any commercially objectionable odor; or is musty, or sour, or heating, or hot; or is of a badly damaged or extremely red appearance; or is otherwise of distinctly low quality; or contains more than 0.1 percent of foreign material.

Color and General Appearance

U. S. No. 1-Shall be white or creamy, and shall be well milled.

U. S. No. 2 Shall be white, creamy, or slightly grayish, and shall be well milled.

U. S. No. 3-Shall be white, creamy, or light gray, and shall be reasonably well milled.

U. S. No. 4 Shall be white, creamy, or gray, and shall be reasonably well milled.

U. S. No. 5-May be dark gray, or slightly damaged, or slightly rosy, and shall be reasonably well milled.

§ 60.101 Brewers milled rice (Class XV). This class shall consist of milled rice which contains not more than 25 percent of whole kernels and contains more than 15 percent of broken kernels which will pass readily through a 5.5/64 sieve. This class shall be divided into two subclasses designated as (a) Brewers milled rice and (b) California Brewers milled rice.

§ 60.102 Subclass (a) Brewers milled rice of Class XV. This subclass shall include all Brewers milled rice possessing the characteristics of rice of this class as grown east of the Rocky Mountains.

§ 60.103 Grade requirements for the subclass (a) Brewers milled rice.

Sample grade.

Subclass

§ 60.104 (b) California Brewers milled rice of Class XV. This subclass shall include all Brewers milled rice possessing the characteristics of rice of this class as grown west of the Great Plains area of the United States.

§ 60.105 Grade requirements for the subclass (b) California Brewers milled rice.

Color and general appearance

May be dark gray, or damaged,

or rosy, and shall be reasonably well milled. Sample grade shall include milled rice of the subclass California Brewers milled rice, which does not come within the requirements of any of the grades from U. S. No. 1 to U. S. No. 5, inclusive; or which contains more than 15 percent of moisture; or which has any commercially objectionable odor; or is musty, or sour, or heating, or hot; or is of a badly damaged or extremely red appearance; or is otherwise of distinctly low quality; or contains more than 0.1 percent of foreign material.

§ 60.106 Special grade; Unpolished milled rice. Unpolished milled rice (commonly referred to as undermilled rice) shall be milled rice of any class from which the hulls and the outer bran layers, but not the inner bran layers, and a part of the germs, have been removed.

(a) Grades. Unpolished milled rice shall be graded according to the grade requirements of the standards applicable to such rice if it were not unpolished, except that the requirements for the grading factors "Well milled" and "Reasonably well milled" specified in the basic standards shall be disregarded, and there shall be added to, and made a part of, the grade designations, the word "Unpolished."

§ 60.107 Special grade; Parboiled milled rice. Parboiled milled rice shall be milled rice of any of the classes I to XII, inclusive, which, before it was milled, was processed by soaking, steaming, and drying.

(a) Grades. Parboiled milled rice shall be graded and designated according to the grade requirements of the standards applicable to such rice if it were not parboiled, except that in the basic standards the grading factor "Chalky Kernels" shall be disregarded, and except that the color and general appearance of the parboiled milled rice shall be as specified for the special grades

"Parboiled Light," "Parboiled," and "Parboiled Dark" milled rice as follows:

(1) Parboiled light. In the case of parboiled milled rice which is translucent and which is not discolored or is only slightly discolored from the parboiling treatment there shall be added to, and made a part of, the grade designation, the words "Parboiled Light";

(2) Parboiled. In the case of parboiled milled rice which is translucent and which is materially but not badly discolored from the parboiling treatment, there shall be added to, and made a part of, the grade designation, the word "Parboiled"; and

(3) Parboiled dark. In the case of parboiled milled rice which is badly discolored or which contains rice kernels that are partially or wholly opaque (starchy) due to incomplete parboiling treatment, there shall be added to, and made a part of, the grade designation, the words "Parboiled Dark."

§ 60.108 Special grade; Coated milled rice. Coated milled rice shall be milled rice of any class which has been coated with glucose and talc or any other substance.

(a) Grades. Coated milled rice shall be graded and designated according to the grade requirements of the standards applicable to such rice if it were not coated, and there shall be added to, and made a part of, the grade designation, the word "Coated."

§ C0.109 Special grade; Weevily milled rice. Weevily milled rice shall be milled rice of any class which is infested with live weevils or other insects injurious to stored rice.

(a) Grades. Weevily milled rice shall be graded and designated according to the grade requirements of the standards applicable to such rice if it were not weevily, and there shall be added to, and made a part of, the grade designation, the word "Weevily."

§ 60.110 Grade factors; definitions. (a) Basis of grade determinations. All determinations shall be on the basis of the rice as a whole.

(b) Percentages. Percentages, except in the case of moisture, shall be percentages ascertained by weight.

(c) Percentage of moisture. Percentage of moisture shall be that ascertained by the air oven and the method of use thereof described in Service and Regulatory Announcements No. 147 of the Agricultural Marketing Service (now Production and Marketing Administration), of the United States Department of Agriculture, or ascertained by any device and method which give equivalent results.

(d) 5.5/64 sieve. A metal sieve perforated with round holes 5.5/64 inch in diameter.

(e) 6/64 sieve. A metal sieve perforated with round holes 6/64 inch in diameter.

(f) 6.5/64 sieve. A metal sieve perforated with round holes 6.5/64 inch in diameter.

(g) Damaged kernels. Damaged kernels shall be kernels and pieces of kernels which have been distinctly damaged by water, insects, or by any other means. Sound double and sound broken kernels shall not be considered damaged kernels.

(h) Heat-damaged kernels. Heatdamaged kernels shall be kernels and pieces of kernels of milled rice which have been distinctly discolored by external heat or as a result of heating caused by fermentation.

(i) Foreign material. Foreign material shall include all matter other than rice except cereal grains and seeds.

(j) Cereal grains. Cereal grains shall include paddy grains (rough rice), barley, wheat, rye, emmer, spelt, einkorn, corn, grain sorghums, and oats, and shall not include buckwheat, soybeans, flaxseed, and wild oats.

(k) Seeds. Seeds shall be grains, kernels, or seeds, either whole or broken, of any plant other than rice or other cereal grains.

(1) Red rice. Red rice shall be kernels or pieces of kernels of milled rice which are distinctly red in color or have any appreciable amount of red bran thereon.

(m) Broken kernels. Broken kernels shall be (a) pieces of kernels of milled rice which are less than three-fourths of the length of whole kernels, and (b) split kernels.

(n) Chalky kernel. A chalky kernel shall be a kernel or a piece of a kernel of milled rice one-half or more of which is chalky.

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for enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and certify to shippers and other interested parties the class, quality, and condition of cotton other perishable farm products under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, including payment of such fees as will be reasonable and as nearly as may be to cover the cost for the service rendered.

(b) Custodian. Person who has possession or control of cottonseed or of samples of cottonseed, as agent, controller, broker, or factor, as the case may be.

(c) Owner. Person who through financial interest owns or controls, or has the disposition of either cottonseed or of samples of cottonseed.

(d) Administration. Production and Marketing Administration of the United States Department of Agriculture.

(e) Official cottonseed standards. The official standards of the United States for the grading, sampling, and analyzing of cottonseed sold or offered for sale for crushing purposes.

(f) Supervisor of cottonseed inspection. An officer of the Department of

Agriculture designated as such by the Administrator.

(g) Secretary. The Secretary of Agriculture of the United States.

(h) Administrator. The Administrator of the Production and Marketing Administration of the Department of Agriculture, or any officer or employee of that Administration to whom the Administrator has heretofore lawfully delegated, or to whom the Administrator may hereafter lawfully delegate, the authority to act in his stead.

(i) Regulations. Regulations made under the act by the Secretary.

(j) License. A license issued under the Act by the Secretary.

(1) Licensed cottonseed sampler. A person licensed under the act by the Secretary to make quantitative and qualitative chemical analyses of samples of cottonseed according to the methods prescribed by the Administrator and to certificate the grade according to the official cottonseed standards of the United States.

(m) Dispute.

A disagreement as to the true grade of a sample of cottonseed analyzed and graded by a licensed chemist.

(n) Party. A party to a dispute.

(0) Commercial laboratory. A chemical laboratory operated by an individual, firm, or corporation in which one or more persons are engaged in the chemical analysis of materials for the public.

(p) Cottonseed. The word "cottonseed" as used in this part means the seed, after having been put through the usual and customary process known as cotton ginning, of any cotton produced within the continental United States.

(q) Lot. That parcel or quantity of cottonseed offered for sale or tendered for delivery or delivered on a sale or contract of sale, in freight cars, trucks, wagons, or otherwise in the quantities and within the time limits prescribed from time to time by the Administrator for the drawing and preparation of official samples by licensed cottonseed samplers.

(r) Official sample. A specimen of cottonseed drawn and prepared by a li