Beans – Chapter 19
Official Grain Grading Guide

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Primary and export grade determinants tables

Pea Beans, Canada (CAN)

Grade name	Standard of quality	Other classes that blend %
Extra No. 1 Canada	Uniform size, good natural colour	1
Canada No. 1 Select	Fairly good colour	1
No. 1 Canada	Reasonably good colour	1
No. 2 Canada	Fairly good colour	5
No. 3 Canada	Fairly good colour	5
No. 4 Canada	Off-colour	5
Grade, if No. 4 specs not met		Pea Beans, Sample Canada Account Other Classes That Blend

Grade name	Foreign material
	Ergot %	Excreta %	Insect parts %	Sclerotinia %	Stones, shale or similar material %	Total %
Extra No. 1 Canada	0.05	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.01	0.05
Canada No. 1 Select	0.05	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.01	0.05
No. 1 Canada	0.05	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.05	0.10
No. 2 Canada	0.05	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.10	0.20
No. 3 Canada	0.05	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.20	0.5
No. 4 Canada	0.05	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.20	0.5
Grade, if No. 4 specs not met	Pea Beans, Sample Canada Account Ergot	Pea Beans, Sample Canada Account Excreta	Pea Beans, Sample Canada Account Admixture	Pea Beans, Sample Canada Account Admixture	2.5% or less—Pea Beans, Rejected (grade) Account Stones, or Pea Beans, Sample Canada Account Stones Over 2.5%—Pea Beans, Sample Salvage	Pea Beans, Sample Canada Account Admixture

Grade name	Contrasting classes %	Heated, rotted, mouldy %	Total damage, foreign material, and contrasting classes %	Total damage, including splits, foreign material and contrasting classes %
Extra No. 1 Canada	0.1	Nil	1.0	1.0
Canada No. 1 Select	0.1	0.20	1.5	2.0
No. 1 Canada	0.1	0.10	1.5	2.0
No. 2 Canada	1	0.20	3	4
No. 3 Canada	1	0.3	5	6
No. 4 Canada	1	1.0	8.5	10
Grade, if No. 4 specs not met	Pea Beans, Sample Canada Account Contrasting Classes	Pea Beans, Sample Canada Account Heated or Account Mouldy Kernels	Pea Beans, Sample Canada Account (reason)	Pea Beans, Sample Canada, Account (reason)

Beans, Canada Cranberry, Blackeye or Yelloweye (CAN)

Grade name	Standard of quality	Other classes that blend %
Extra No. 1 Canada	Uniform size, good natural colour	1
No. 1 Canada	Reasonably good colour	3
No. 1 Canada Select	Fairly good colour	3
No. 2 Canada	Fairly good colour	5
No. 3 Canada	Fairly good colour	10
No. 4 Canada	Off-colour	15
Grade, if No. 4 specs not met		Beans, Sample Canada (class) Account Other Classes That Blend

Grade name	Foreign material
	Ergot %	Excreta %	Insect parts %	Sclerotinia %	Stones, shale or similar material %	Total %
Extra No. 1 Canada	0.05	0.01	0.02	0.05	Nil	0.05
No. 1 Canada	0.05	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.05	0.10
No. 1 Canada Select	0.05	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.05	0.10
No. 2 Canada	0.05	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.10	0.20
No. 3 Canada	0.05	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.20	0.5
No. 4 Canada	0.05	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.50	1.0
Grade, if No. 4 specs not met	Beans, Sample Canada (class) Account Ergot	Beans, Sample Canada (class) Account Excreta	Beans, Sample Canada (class) Account Admixture	Beans, Sample Canada (class) Account Admixture	2.5% or less—Beans, Rejected (grade) (class) Account Stones, or Beans, Sample Canada (class) Account Stones Over 2.5%—Beans, Sample Salvage	Beans, Sample Canada Account Admixture

Grade name	Contrasting classes %	Heated, rotted, mouldy %	Total damage, foreign material, and contrasting classes %	Total damage, including splits, foreign material and contrasting classes %
Extra No. 1 Canada	1.0	Nil	1.0	1.0
No. 1 Canada	1.5	0.10	1.5	3.5
No. 1 Canada Select	1.5	0.10	1.5	3.5
No. 2 Canada	3	0.20	3	5.5
No. 3 Canada	5	0.3	5	7.5
No. 4 Canada	8.5	1.0	8.5	10
Grade, if No. 4 specs not met	Beans, Sample Canada (class) Account Contrasting Classes	Beans, Sample Canada (class) Account Heated or Account Mouldy Kernels	Beans, Sample Canada (class) Account (reason)	Beans, Sample Canada (class) Account (reason)

Note: The class name is added to the grade name.

Beans, Canada, other than Cranberry, Blackeye, Yelloweye or Pea Beans (CAN)

Grade name	Standard of quality	Other classes that blend %
Extra No. 1 Canada	Uniform size, good natural colour	1
No. 1 Canada	Reasonably good colour	3
No. 1 Canada Select	Fairly good colour	3
No. 2 Canada	Fairly good colour	5
No. 3 Canada	Fairly good colour	10
No. 4 Canada	Off-colour	15
Grade, if No. 4 specs not met		Beans, Sample Canada (class) Account Other Classes That Blend

Grade name	Foreign material
	Ergot %	Excreta %	Insect parts %	Sclerotinia %	Stones, shale or similar material %	Total %
Extra No. 1 Canada	0.05	0.01	0.02	0.05	Nil	0.05
No. 1 Canada	0.05	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.05	0.10
No. 1 Canada Select	0.05	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.05	0.10
No. 2 Canada	0.05	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.10	0.20
No. 3 Canada	0.05	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.20	0.5
No. 4 Canada	0.05	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.50	1.0
Grade, if No. 4 specs not met	Beans, Sample Canada (class) Account Ergot	Beans, Sample Canada (class) Account Excreta	Beans, Sample Canada (class) Account Admixture	Beans, Sample Canada (class) Account Admixture	2.5% or less—Beans, Rejected (grade) (class) Account Stones, or Beans, Sample Canada (class) Account Stones Over 2.5%—Beans, Sample Salvage	Beans, Sample Canada Account Admixture

Grade name	Contrasting classes %	Heated, rotted, mouldy %	Total damage, foreign material, and contrasting classes %	Total damage, including splits, foreign material and contrasting classes %
Extra No. 1 Canada	1.0	Nil	1.0	1.0
No. 1 Canada	1.5	0.10	1.5	2.0
No. 1 Canada Select	1.5	0.10	1.5	2.0
No. 2 Canada	3	0.20	3	4
No. 3 Canada	5	0.3	5	6
No. 4 Canada	8.5	1.0	8.5	10
No. 4 Canada	Beans, Sample Canada (class) Account Contrasting Classes	Beans, Sample Canada (class) Account Heated or Account Mouldy Kernels	Beans, Sample Canada (class) Account (reason)	Beans, Sample Canada (class) Account (reason)

Note: The class name is added to the grade name.

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