Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Agriculture and Food
Title R70 - Regulatory Services
Rule R70-610 - Uniform Retail Wheat Standards of Identity
Section R70-610-2 - Definitions

A. "Field Wheat" shall mean the grain of common wheat, club wheat, and durum wheat which before the removal of inert and foreign material (dockage) consists of 50 percent of one of these wheats and not more than 10 percent of other grains for which standards have been established by the United States Grain Standards Act and which, after removal of inert and foreign material contains 50 percent or more of whole kernels of one or more of these wheats.

B. "Rough Cleaned Wheat" shall mean field wheat which has been cleaned and contains not more than 2.0 percent inert and foreign material, not more than 5.0 percent shrunken and broken kernels and no poisonous or deleterious substance or other material that would render wheat unwholesome or harmful to health.

C. "Cleaned Wheat" shall mean field wheat which has been cleaned and contains not more than 1.0 percent inert and foreign material, not more than 5.0 percent shrunken and broken kernels and no poisonous or deleterious substance or other material that would render wheat unwholesome or harmful to health.

D. "Table Cleaned Wheat" shall mean field wheat which has been cleaned and contains not more than .5 percent inert and foreign material, not more than 5.0 percent shrunken and broken kernels and no poisonous or deleterious substance or other material that would render wheat unwholesome or harmful to health.

E. "Hard Red Winter Wheat" shall mean all subclasses and varieties of hard red winter wheat with not more than 3 percent other classes of wheat.

F. "Hard Winter Wheat" shall mean all subclasses and varieties of hard red and white winter wheats with not more than 3 percent other classes of wheat.

G. "Hard Red Spring Wheat" shall mean all subclasses and varieties of hard red spring wheat with not more than 3 percent other classes of wheat.

H. "Soft Red Winter Wheat" shall mean all subclasses and varieties of soft red winter wheat, with not more than 3 percent other classes of wheat.

I. "Hard Red Wheat or Hard Red Wheat Blend" shall mean blended wheat of all subclasses and varieties of hard red winter wheat and hard red spring wheat, with not more than 3 percent other classes.

J. "Wheat Mix" shall mean all subclasses and varieties of hard red winter wheat and hard red spring wheat mixed with soft wheats.

K. "White Wheat" shall mean all subclasses and varieties of white wheat with not more than 3 percent other classes of wheat.

L. "Hard Red and White Wheat Blend" shall mean all subclasses and varieties of hard red wheat mixed with any subclass and variety of hard white wheat.

M. "Damaged Kernels" shall mean kernels and pieces of kernels of wheat which are heat damaged, sprouted, frosted, badly ground damaged, badly weather damaged, moldy, diseased, or otherwise materially damaged.

N. "Inert and Foreign Material or Dockage" shall mean all weed seeds, weed stems, shaff, straw, grain other than wheat, sand, dirt, dead insects or any other material that can be readily removed from wheat by the use of sieves and cleaning devices.

O. "Poisonous or Deleterious Substances" shall mean all smuts, ergots, poisonous weed seeds, pesticides, live insects, rodent excreta, or other material or substances that would render wheat unwholesome or harmful to health.

P. "Adulteration" shall be defined as outlined in the Utah Wholesome Food Act, Section 4-5-7.

Q. "Misbranded" shall be defined as outlined in the Utah Wholesome Food Act, Section 4-5-8.

R. "Shrunken and Broken Kernels" shall mean all kernels and pieces of kernels of wheat and other matter that will readily pass through a 0.064 x 3/8 oblong hole sieve.

S. "F.P.L.A." shall mean the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act.