United States Department of Agriculture

Agricultural Marketing Service

Federal Grain Inspection Service

U.S. Standards July 7, 2006

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UNITED STATES STANDARDS FOR FEED PEAS

Contents

UNITED STATES STANDARDS FOR FEED PEAS 1

Terms Defined 2

Principles Governing Application of Standards 2

Grades, Grade Requirements, and Grade Designations 3
Official US Standards for Feed Peas July 7, 2006

Page 2

Terms Defined

701 Definitions.

For the purposes of these standards the following terms shall have the meaning stated 

below.

a. Class. Feed peas.

b. Distinctly low quality. Dry peas of obvious inferior quality due to an unknown foreign 

substance staining the seedcoat; or the presence of a known toxic substance(s) or an 

unknown foreign substance(s); or an unusual state or condition not related by the other 

quality factors provided in the standards.

c. Feed Peas. Dry peas intended for animal feed.

d. Heat-damaged kernels. Whole and pieces of dry peas which have been materially

discolored as a result of excessive respiration (also referring to as “heating”).

e. Inert material. Non-vegetative material such as stones and clumps of soil.

f. Moisture. Water content as determined by an FGIS approved device in accordance 

with FGIS instructions.

g. Non-pea material. All material that passes through a 5/64 triangular sieve and all

material other than peas, excluding seed coats but, including inert material remaining in 

the sample after being sieved according to procedures prescribed in FGIS instructions.

h. 5/64 triangular-hole sieve. A metal sieve 0.032 inch thick with equilateral triangular

perforations with inscribed circles of 0.0781 (5/64) inch in diameter.

Principles Governing Application of Standards

702 Basis of determinations.

All quality factors are determined on the basis of the sample as a whole.

703 Percentages.

All quality results are reported to the nearest tenth of a percent as a percentage by 

weight.

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1 Compliance with these provisions of these standards does not excuse failure to comply with the provisions of the

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or other Federal laws.

2 Publications referenced in these standards will be make available upon request to the Grain Inspection, Packers 

and Stockyards Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC

20250.

3 Requests for information concerning approved devices and procedures, criteria for approved devices, and requests

for approval of devices should be directed to the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20250.
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Grades, Grade Requirements, and Grade Designations

704 Grades and grade requirements for feed peas.

Grading Factors Grade U.S. No. 1

Inert material .........................

Heat-damaged peas................

Maximum percent:

1.0

1.0

U.S. Sample grade are feed peas which:

(a) do not meet the requirements for the grade U.S. No. 1; or

(b) contain more than 15.0 percent moisture; or

(c) contain 0.02 percent or more animal excreta; or

(d) contain metal fragments; or broken glass; or

(e) have a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable odor; or

(f) are heating or of distinctly low quality.

705 Grade designation for feed peas.

The grade designation for feed peas shall include, in the order named:

(a) the letters “U.S.;”

(b) the number of the grade or the words “Sample grade;” and

(c) the class.