---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 868.262"
title: "7"
number: "868.262"
heading: "Grade designation and other certificate information."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/868.262"
---

# §868.262. Grade designation and other certificate information.

- (a) **Brown rice for processing.** The grade designation for all classes of Brown rice for processing shall be included on the certificate grade-line in the following order:
  - (1) The letters “U.S.;”
  - (2) The number of the grade or the words “Sample grade,” as warranted;
  - (3) The words “or better,” when applicable and requested by the applicant prior to inspection;
  - (4) The class; and
  - (5) Each applicable special grade (see [§ 868.264](/cfr/7/868.264.md)).
- (b) **Mixed Brown rice for Processing information.** For the class Mixed Brown rice for processing, the following information shall be included in the Results section of the certificate in the following order:
  - (1) The percentage of whole kernels of each type in the order of predominance;
  - (2) The percentage of broken kernels of each type in the order of predominance, when applicable; and
  - (3) **The percentage of seeds, related material, and unrelated material.**
- (c) **Broken kernels.** Broken kernels, other than long grain in Mixed Brown rice for processing shall be certified as “medium or short grain.”

## Notes

### Amendments

[74 FR 55442, Oct. 28, 2009]

### Source

Source: 42 FR 40869, Aug. 12, 1977; 42 FR 64356, Dec. 23, 1977, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 60 FR 16364, Mar. 30, 1995.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627.

### Amendments

[74 FR 55442, Oct. 28, 2009]