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 2800 - Wheat Products

(a) Wheat Bran is the coarse outer covering of the wheat kernel separated from cleaned and scoured wheat in good commercial milling practice.

(b) Wheat Feed Flour consists principally of wheat flour together with fine particles of wheat bran, wheat germ, and the offal from the "tail of the mill." This product shall be obtained from good commercial milling process. It shall contain not more than 1.5 percent crude fiber.

(c) Wheat Germ Meal is wheat germ together with bran and middlings or shorts resulting from good commercial processing. It shall contain not less than 25 percent crude protein and 7 percent crude fat.

(d) Wheat Mill Run is coarse wheat bran, fine particles of wheat bran, wheat shorts, wheat germ, wheat flour, and the offal from the "tail of the mill." This product shall be obtained in the usual process of commercial milling containing not more than 9.5 percent crude fiber.

(e) Wheat Middlings consists of fine particles of wheat bran, wheat shorts, wheat germ, wheat flour, and some of the offal from the "tail of the mill." This product shall be obtained in good commercial milling practice and contain not more than 9.5 percent crude fiber.

(f) Wheat Shorts consists of fine particles of wheat bran, wheat germ, wheat flour, and offal from the "tail of the mill" obtained in good commercial milling practice and contain not more than 7 percent crude fiber.

(g) Wheat Red Dog consists of offal from the "tail of the mill" together with some fine particles of wheat bran, wheat germ, and wheat flour. This product is obtained in good commercial milling practice and contains not more than 4 percent crude fiber.

(h) Defatted Wheat Germ Meal is wheat germ meal from which part of the oil or fat has been removed and contains not less than 30 percent crude protein.