Off grades of grain and grades of screenings

Schedule II to the Off Grades of Grain and Grades of Screenings Order has been amended effective August 1, 2008. The addition of Wheat, Canada Western General Purpose was made and is referenced as item 5.1 in this schedule.

1. Short Title

   This Order may be cited as the Off Grades of Grain and Grades of Screenings Order.

2. Part I. Off Grades of Grain

   1. Grain of all kinds and varieties for which grades are established by the Canada Grain Act or the Canada Grain Regulations, but that cannot have any of those grades assigned to it unless it is treated or specially cleaned, shall be graded according to the specifications for the off grades of grain that are established under the grade names set out in this Part.
   2. Grades established under this Part may be referred to as "Off Grades" or "Class III grades".
3. Grain that contains excessive moisture shall be graded according to the specifications for the grade that would be assigned to that grain if it did not contain excessive moisture, except that there shall be added to and made part of the grade name the word "Tough", "Damp", "Moist", or "Wet" according to the percentage of moisture set out in respect of that grain and word in
   1. Schedule I, in the case of Canada grain grades;
   2. Schedule II, in the case of Canada Western grain grades; and
   3. Schedule III, in the case of Canada Eastern grain grades.
4. Revoked SOR/84-615 31 July, 1984.
5. Revoked SOR/84-615 31 July, 1984.
6. Revoked SOR/84-615 31 July, 1984.
7. Revoked SOR/84-615 31 July, 1984.
8. Revoked SOR/84-615 31 July, 1984.
9. Revoked SOR/84-615 31 July, 1984.
10. Western grain that contains excessive stones or similar material, but not in excess of two and one-half percent, shall be graded according to the specifications for the grade that would otherwise apply to it except that there shall be added to and made part of the grade name the words "Rejected-Account Stones".
11. Revoked SOR/84-615 31 July, 1984.
12. Revoked SOR/84-615 31 July, 1984.
13. Revoked SOR/84-615 31 July, 1984.
14. Grain that contains stones in excess of two and one-half percent or contains gravel, cinders or similar material that is normally contained in grain salvaged from a wreck in transit shall be graded "Sample Salvage".
15. Grain that does not qualify for any other grade established by or under the Canada Grain Act shall be graded "Sample" and there shall be added to and made part of the grade name words to indicate the damage, condition or admixtures.

16. Part II. Grades of Screenings

    1. The grades for screenings, including wild oats and mixtures of whole and broken grain that are removed from other grain as a result of cleaning and do not qualify for any other established grade, and the specifications for those grades of screenings, as set out in this Part are hereby established.
    2. Grades of screenings established pursuant to this Part may be referred to as "Grades of Screenings" or "Class IV Grades".
    3. No. 1 Feed Screenings
       1. shall be grain screenings;
       2. shall be cool and sweet;
       3. shall contain
          1. not less than thirty-five percent in the aggregate of broken or shrunken grain,
          2. not more that two percent hare's ear mustard,
          3. not more than one percent hulls,
          4. not more than three percent in the aggregate of small weed seeds that can pass through a 4 ½ /64 inch round-hole sieve, chaff, hulls and dust,
          5. not more than six percent in the aggregate of small weed seeds that can pass through a 4 ½ /64 inch round-hole sieve, chaff, hulls, dust, wild and domestic mustard seed, ball mustard, canola and rapeseed,
          6. not more than eight percent wild oats, and
          7. not more than one percent of the seeds designated as injurious in the Feeds Regulations; and
       4. may contain wild buckwheat and not more than ten percent of other large seeds not named in this section.
    4. No. 2 Feed Screenings
       1. shall be grain screenings;
       2. shall be cool and sweet;
       3. shall contain
          1. not more than two percent hare's ear mustard or wild mustard seed,
          2. not more than one percent hulls,
          3. not more than three percent in the aggregate of small weed seeds that can pass through a 4 ½ /64 inch round-hole sieve, chaff, hulls and dust,
          4. not more than ten percent in the aggregate of small weed seeds that can pass through a 4 ½ /64 inch round-hole sieve, chaff, hulls, dust, wild and domestic mustard seed, ball mustard, canola and rapeseed,
          5. not more than forty-nine percent wild oats, and
          6. not more than one percent of the seeds designated as injurious in the Feeds Regulations except that there may be a total of two percent of such seeds where the excess over one percent is hare's ear mustard or wild mustard (Brassica Kaber); and
       4. may contain wheat scourings.
    5. Uncleaned Screening shall be grain screenings that do not meet the specifications for No. 1 or No. 2 Feed Screenings because of the content of weed seeds, hulls chaff or dust but that contain
       1. at least thirty-five percent of material that if separated would meet the grade requirements for No. 1 Feed Screenings; and
       2. not more than one percent of excessive wild oat hulls.
    6. Refuse Screenings shall be grain screenings that do not meet the grade requirements for No. 1 or No. 2 Feed Screenings or Uncleaned Screenings because of the content of weed seeds, chaff or dust.
    7. An inspector may include in the grade name of any screenings
       1. if he/she considers the screenings to be typical of screenings obtained from the cleaning of a particular kind of grain, the name of that grain; and
       2. if deterioration or an objectionable condition or odour occurs in the screenings to such a degree as materially to affect the quality of the screenings, words to indicate the type of deterioration, condition or odour.
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    1. A mixture of western wild oats and western cereal grain because of being so mixed shall, if it has the qualities set out in subsection (2), be graded "Mixed Feed Oats".

       Mixed Feed Oats

    2. Mixed Feed Oats shall
       1. contain not less than fifty percent wild oats;
       2. contain not more than one percent of material that passes through a 4½ /64 inch round-hole sieve; and
       3. contain in whole, broken, hulled or hulless form not more than
          1. five percent heated kernels,
          2. five percent wild buckwheat,
          3. five percent wheat heads,
          4. four percent knuckles, straw and chaff,
          5. five percent in the aggregate of wild buckwheat, wheat heads, knuckles, straw and chaff,
          6. five percent flaxseed,
          7. one-tenth of one percent stones, or
          8. one-quarter of one percent ergot.

18. No. 2 Mixed Feed Oats

    1. A mixture of western wild oats and other materials that does not qualify for the established grade Mixed Feed Oats because of being so mixed shall, if it has the qualities set out in subsection (2) be graded "No. 2 Mixed Feed Oats".
    2. No. 2 Mixed Feed Oats shall
       1. contain not less than fifty percent wild oats;
       2. contain not more than one percent of material that passes through a 4½ /64 inch round-hole sieve; and
       3. contain in whole, broken, hulled or hulless form not more than
          1. five percent heated kernels,
          2. five percent wild buckwheat,
          3. ten percent in the aggregate of wheat heads, knuckles, straw and chaff,
          4. five percent flaxseed,
          5. one-fifth of one percent stones, or
          6. one-third of one percent ergot.

19. Sample Feed Grain

    1. A mixture of western grain that contains cereal grains and other materials, and that, because of being so mixed, does not qualify for any established grade or off grade shall if it has the qualities set out in subsection (2) be graded "Sample Feed Grain".
    2. Sample Feed Grain shall
       1. have as its predominating component any class of cereal grain in whole, broken, hulled or hulless form;
       2. be practically free of all material that passes through a 4½ /64 inch round-hole sieve; and
       3. contain not more than
          1. fifty percent broken grain,
          2. one-third of one percent ergot,
          3. five percent heated kernels,
          4. forty-nine percent wild oats,
          5. three percent large weed seeds,
          6. ten percent unthreshed wheat heads,
          7. four percent knuckles and straw,
          8. ten percent in the aggregate of unthreshed wheat heads, large weed seeds, knuckles and straw
          9. fifty percent in the aggregate of wild oats, large weed seeds, unthreshed wheat heads, knuckles and straw
          10. one-tenth of one percent stones, or
          11. five percent flaxseed.

Schedule I (Section 3)

Schedule II (Section 3)

Sschedule III (Section 3)