---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 137.320"
title: "21"
number: "137.320"
heading: "Semolina."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/137.320"
---

# §137.320. Semolina.

- (a) Semolina is the food prepared by grinding and bolting cleaned durum wheat to such fineness that, when tested by the method prescribed in [§ 137.300(b)(2)](/cfr/21/137.300.md?p=b-2), it passes through a No. 20 sieve, but not more than 3 percent passes through a No. 100 sieve. It is freed from bran coat, or bran coat and germ, to such extent that the percent of ash therein, calculated to a moisture-free basis, is not more than 0.92 percent. Its moisture content is not more than 15 percent.
- (b) For the purpose of this section, ash and moisture are determined by the methods therefor referred to in [§ 137.105(c)](/cfr/21/137.105.md?p=c).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 341, 343, 348, 371, 379e.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 14402, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted.