Agriculture for quarantine purposes) or that are fermented or hot, or that upon analysis are found to contain 12.5 percent or more of free fatty acids in the oil in the seed, or more than 10.0 percent of foreign matter, or more than 20.0 percent of moisture, or more than 25.0 percent of moisture and foreign matter combined, shall be designated as "off quality cottonseed."

(d) Below grade cottonseed. Cottonseed the grade of which when calculated according to § 61.101 is below grade 40.0 shall be designated as "below grade cottonseed," and a numerical grade shall not be indicated.

§ 61.104 Sampling, analysis, and certification of samples and grades.

The drawing, preparation, and certification of samples of cottonseed, and the analysis and certification of grades of cottonseed shall be performed in accordance with methods approved from time to time for the purposes by the Director, or his representatives.

ORIGINAL INSPECTION SERVICE

68.40 Who may request original inspection service.

68.41 Contract service.

68.42 How to request original inspection service.

68.43 Certificating original inspection results.

68.44 New original inspection.

68.133 Grades, grade requirements, special grades and special grade requirements for the class Pea beans.

68.134 Grades and grade requirements for the class Blackeye Beans. 68.135 Grades and grade requirements for the classes Yelloweye Beans and Cranberry Beans.

68.136 Grades and grade requirements for the class Pinto Beans.

68.137 Grades and grade requirements for the Classes Marrow, Great Northern, Small White, Flat Small White, White Kidney, Light Red Kidney, Dark Red Kidney, Small Red, Pink, Black Turtle Soup, and miscellaneous Beans.

68.138 Grades and grade requirements for the class Mung Beans.

68.201

Definition of rough rice.

68.202

Definition of other terms.

PRINCIPLES GOVERNING APPLICATION OF STANDARDS

68.203 Basis of determination.

68.204 Interpretive line samples.

68.205 Milling requirements.

68.206 Milling yield determination.

68.207

68.208

68.209

Moisture.

Percentages.

Information.

GRADES, GRADE REQUIREMENTS, AND GRADE

DESIGNATIONS

68.210 Grades and grade requirements for the classes of rough rice.

68.211 Grade designation.

SPECIAL GRADES, SPECIAL GRADE REQUIREMENTS, AND SPECIAL GRADE DESIGNATIONS 68.212 Special grades and requirements. 68.213 Special grade designation.

Subpart D-United States Standards for Brown Rice for Processing

TERMS DEFINED

68.251 Definition of brown rice for processing.

68.252 Definition of other terms.

Subpart A-Regulations

SOURCE: 53 FR 3722, Feb. 9, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

DEFINITIONS

§ 68.1 Meaning of terms.

(a) Construction. Words used in the singular form are considered to imply the plural and vice versa, as appropriate.

(b) Definitions. For the purpose of these regulations, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms have the meanings given for them in this paragraph.

(1) Act. The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended (secs. 202-208, 60 Stat. 1087, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.).

(2) Administrator. The Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service or any person to whom the Administrator's authority has been delegated.

(3) Appeal inspection service. A review by the Service of the results of an original inspection or retest inspection service.

(4) Applicant. An interested person who requests any inspection service with respect to a commodity.

(5) Authorized inspector. A Department employee authorized by the Administrator to inspect a commodity in accordance with the Act, regulations, standards, and instructions.

(6) Board appeal inspection service. A review by the Board of Appeals and Review of the results of an original inspection or appeal inspection service on graded commodities.

(7) Board of Appeals and Review or Board. The Board of Appeals and Review of the Service that performs Board appeal inspection services.

(8) Business day. The established field office working hours, any Monday through Friday that is not a holiday, or the working hours and days established by a cooperator.

(9) Carrier. A truck, trailer, truck/ trailer(s) combination, railroad car, barge, ship, or other container used to transport bulk, sacked, or packaged commodity.

(10) Commodity. Agricultural commodities and products thereof that

the Secretary has assigned to the Service for inspection under the Act, including but not limited to dry beans, grain, hops, lentils, oilseeds, dry peas, split peas, and rice.

(11) Continuous inspection. The conduct of inspection services in an approved plant where one or more official inspection personnel are present during the processing of a commodity to make in-process examinations of the preparation, processing, packing, and warehousing of the commodity and to determine compliance with applicable sanitation requirements.

(12) Contract service. Any service performed under a contract between an applicant and the Service.

(13) Contractor. Any person who enters into a contract with the Service to perform specified inspection services.

(14) Cooperator. An agency or department of the Federal Government which has an interagency agreement or State agency which has a reimbursable agreement with the Service.

(15) Cooperator inspection service. The inspection service provided by a cooperator under the regulations. Under this service, inspection certificates are issued by the cooperator and all fees and charges are collected by the cooperator, except as provided in the agreement.

(16) Department. The United States Department of Agriculture.

(17) Factor. A quantified physical or chemical property identified in official standards, specifications, abstracts, contracts, or other documents whose measurement describes a specific quality of a commodity.

(18) Field office. An office of the Service designated to perform, monitor, or supervise inspection services.

(19) Grade. A grade designating a level of quality as defined in the commodity standards promulgated pursuant to the Act.

(20) Graded commodity. Commodities for which the Service has promulgated Standards under the Act and commodities which are tested by the Service at a field office or by a cooperator for specific physical factors using approved equipment and an inspector's interpretation of visual conditions.

(21) Holiday. The legal public holidays specified in paragraph (a) of section 6103, Title 5, of the United States Code (5 U.S.C. 6103(a)) and any other day declared to be a holiday by Federal Statute or Executive Order. Under section 6103 and Executive Order 10357, as amended, if the specified legal public holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be considered to be the holiday, or if the specified legal public holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be considered to be the holiday.

(22) Inspection certificate. A written or printed official document which is approved by the Service and which shows the results of an inspection service performed under the Act.

(23) Inspection service. (i) Applying such tests and making examinations of a commodity and records by official personnel as may be necessary to determine the kind, class, grade, other quality designation, the quantity, or condition of commodity; performing condition of container, carrier stowage examinations; and any other services as related to commodities, as necessary; and (ii) issuing an inspection certificate.

(24) Instructions. The Notices, Instructions, Handbooks, and other directives issued by the Service.

(25) Interagency agreement. An agreement between the Service and other agencies or departments of the Federal Government to conduct commodity inspection services as authorized in the Act.

(26) Interested person. Any person having a contract or other financial interest in a commodity as the owner, seller, purchaser, warehouseman, carrier, or otherwise.

(27) Licensee. Any person licensed by the Service.

(28) Nongraded commodity. Nonprocessed commodities which are chemically tested for factors not included in the Standards under the Act or the U.S. Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.) and processed commodities.

(29) Nonregular workday. Any Sunday or holiday.

(30) Official inspector. Any official personnel who performs, monitors, or supervises the performance of inspec

tion service and certifies the results of inspection of the commodity.

(31) Official personnel. Any authorized Department employee or person licensed by the Administrator to perform all or specified functions under the Act.

(32) Official sampler. Any official personnel who performs, monitors, or supervises the performance of sampling of a commodity.

(33) Official technician. Any official personnel who performs, monitors, or supervises the performance of specified inspection services and certifies the results thereof, other than certifying the grade of a commodity.

(34) Origin. The geographical area or place where the commodity is grown.

(35) Original inspection service. An initial inspection of a community.

(36) Person. Any individual, partnership, association, corporation, or other business entity.

(37) Plant. The premises, buildings, structure, and equipment (including but not limited to machines, utensils, vehicles, and fixtures located in or about the premises) used or employed in the preparation, processing, handling, transporting, and storage of commodities.

(38) Regular workday. Any Monday through Saturday that is not a holiday.

(39) Regulations. The regulations in this Part.

(40) Reimbursable agreement. An agreement between the Service and State agencies to conduct commodity inspection services authorized pursuant to the Act.

(41) Retest inspection service. To test, using the same laboratory procedures, a factor(s) of nongraded commodities previously tested.

(42) Secretary. The Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or any person to whom the Secretary's authority has been delegated.

(43) Service. The Federal Grain Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (FGIS).

(44) Service representative. An employee authorized by the Service or a person licensed by the Administrator.

(45) Specification. A document which clearly and accurately describes