California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 4 - Plant Industry › Chapter 2 - Field Crops › Subchapter 2 - Commercial Feed › Article 14 - Definitions and Standards › Section 2783 - Cottonseed Products

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
					 Cottonseed Meal, Mechanically Extracted, is the product obtained by finely
					 grinding the cake which remains after removal of most of the oil from
					 cottonseed by a mechanical extraction process. It shall contain not less than
					 36.0 percent crude protein.
(b)
					 Cottonseed Meal, Solvent Extracted, is the product obtained by finely grinding
					 the flakes which remain after removal of most of the oil from cottonseed by a
					 solvent extraction process. It shall contain not less than 36.0 percent crude
					 protein.
(c) Cottonseed Cake,
					 Mechanically Extracted, is the unground product composed of the kernel and such
					 portions of the lint, hull, and oil as remain after removal of most of the oil
					 from cotton seed by a mechanical process. It shall contain not less than 36.0
					 percent crude protein.
(d)
					 Cottonseed Flakes, Mechanically Extracted, is the unground product, composed of
					 the kernel and such portions of the lint, hull, and oil as remain after removal
					 of the oil from cottonseed by a mechanical extraction process. It shall contain
					 not less than 36.0 percent crude protein.
(e) Cottonseed Flakes, Solvent Extracted, is
					 the unground product, composed of the kernel and such portions of the lint,
					 hull, and oil as remain after removal of the oil from cottonseed by a solvent
					 extraction process. It shall contain not less than 36.0 percent crude
					 protein.
(f) Whole-Pressed
					 Cottonseed, Mechanically Extracted, is composed of sound, mature, clean,
					 delinted, and unhulled cottonseed, from which most of the oil has been removed
					 by mechanical pressure. It shall be designated and sold by its crude protein
					 content. If ground, it must be so designated.
(g) Low Gossypol Cottonseed Meal,
					 Mechanically Extracted, is a meal in which the gossypol is not more than 0.04
					 percent free gossypol.
(h) Low
					 Gossypol Cottonseed Meal, Solvent Extracted, is a meal in which the gossyol is
					 not more than 0.04 percent free gossypol.
(i) Cottonseed Hulls is the outer covering of
					 the cottonseed. When used in a mixture, the maximum percent present shall be
					 stated.
(j) Whole cottonseed is
					 seed remaining after removal of fiber in the ginning process. It shall contain
					 not more than 15.0 percent free fatty acids in the oil. It shall contain not
					 more than 13.0 percent moisture and not more than 2.0 percent foreign material.
					 It shall be labeled to include the maximum percent ash.
(k) Prime whole cottonseed is seed remaining
					 after the removal of fiber in the ginning process. It shall contain not more
					 than 3.0 percent free fatty acids in the oil. It shall contain not more than
					 13.0 percent moisture and not more than 2.0 percent foreign material. It shall
					 be labeled to include the maximum percent ash.
(l) Cracked or ground pima is pima cottonseed
					 that has been processed but from which the oil has not been extracted. It shall
					 be labeled to include the maximum percent ash.
1.
						Amendment of subsection (j) filed 7-2-82; effective thirtieth day thereafter
						(Register 82, No. 27).
2. Amendment filed 1-30-2002; operative
						1-30-2002 pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4
						(Register 2002, No. 5).
3. Amendment of subsection (j), new
						subsection (k) and subsection relettering filed 4-20-2004; operative 4-20-2004
						pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4
						(Register 2004, No. 17).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  407
						  and
						  14902,
						  Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections
						  14992
						  and
						  15011,
						  Food and Agricultural Code.