GRADE DETERMINING FACTORS RELATED TO PHYSICAL SOUNDNESS AND PURITY.

SEC. 2006. GRADE DETERMINING FACTORS RELATED TO PHYSICAL SOUNDNESS AND PURITY. Section 4 of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 76) (as amended by section 2005) is further amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and 104 STAT. 3931 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: “(c) (1) In establishing standards under subsection (a) for each grain for which official grades are established, the Administrator shall establish for each such grain official grade-determining factors and factor limits that reflect the levels of soundness and purity that are consistent with end-use performance goals of the major foreign and domestic users of each such grain. Such factors and factor limits for grades number 3 and better shall provide users of such standards the best possible information from which to determine end-use product quality. The Administrator shall establish factors and factor limits that will provide that grain meeting the requirements for grades number 3 and better will perform in accordance with general trade expectations for the predominant uses of such grain. “(2) In establishing factors and factor limits under paragraph (1), the Administrator snail provide for notice and an opportunity for public comment prior to making changes in the grade-determining factors and factor limits that shall be applicable under this section to grain that is officially graded.”.