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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: November 8, 2024) |
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Title 7 - Agriculture |
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Subtitle B - Regulations of the Department of Agriculture |
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Chapter I - Agricultural Marketing Service (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), Department of Agriculture |
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SubChapter A - Commodity Standards and Standard Container Regulations |
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Part 28 - Cotton Classing, Testing, and Standards |
| Subpart A - Requirements Under the United States Cotton Standards Act |
| Administrative and General |
| § 28.3 - Director. |
| § 28.4 - Classing offices. |
| § 28.7 - Area Director, Classing Office; responsibility. |
| § 28.8 - Classification of cotton; determination. |
| § 28.9 - Inspection; sampling; classification. |
| §§ 28.5--28.6 - [Reserved] |
| Practical Forms of Cotton Standards |
| § 28.105 - Practical forms of cotton standards. |
| § 28.106 - Universal cotton standards. |
| § 28.107 - Original cotton standards and reserve sets. |
| Reviews |
| § 28.65 - Provisions for reviews. |
| § 28.66 - Review procedure. |
| § 28.68 - Withdrawal of application for review. |
| Certificates and Memoranda |
| § 28.55 - Issuance of memoranda and certificates. |
| § 28.56 - Form A and Form D memorandum. |
| § 28.57 - Form C certificate. |
| § 28.58 - New memorandum or certificate; issuance. |
| § 28.59 - Lost memorandum or certificate may be replaced by duplicate. |
| § 28.60 - Surrender of memoranda or certificates. |
| Definitions |
| § 28.1 - Meaning of words. |
| § 28.2 - Terms defined. |
| Classification |
| § 28.35 - Method of classification. |
| § 28.36 - Order of classification. |
| § 28.37 - Exposing of samples for classification. |
| § 28.38 - Lower class (of two samples) to determine classification. |
| § 28.39 - [Reserved] |
| § 28.40 - Terms defined; cotton classification. |
| Requests for Classification and Comparison |
| § 28.15 - Classification and comparison; requests. |
| § 28.16 - Request for return of samples. |
| § 28.17 - Filing of requests for classification or comparison. |
| § 28.18 - One request only for classification. |
| § 28.19 - Withdrawal or rejection of classification request. |
| Sample or Type Comparison |
| § 28.45 - Scope of comparison; requests. |
| § 28.46 - Method of submitting samples and types. |
| § 28.47 - Statement of finding for comparisons. |
| Fees and Costs |
| § 28.115 - Fees and costs; payment. |
| § 28.116 - Amounts of fees for classification; exemption. |
| § 28.117 - Fee for new memorandum or certificate. |
| § 28.118 - When no fee collected for new certificate or memorandum. |
| § 28.119 - Fee when request for classification is withdrawn. |
| § 28.120 - Expenses to be borne by party requesting classification. |
| § 28.121 - Advance deposits. |
| § 28.122 - Fee for practical classing examination. |
| § 28.123 - Costs of practical forms of cotton standards. |
| § 28.124 - Payments; procedure. |
| § 28.125 - No voiding or modifying claims for payment. |
| § 28.126 - Loaning of forms and exhibits. |
| Drawing, Submission and Disposition of Samples |
| § 28.25 - Samples for Form A determination. |
| § 28.26 - Samples for Form C determination. |
| § 28.27 - Samples for Form D determination. |
| § 28.28 - Lost or damaged samples. |
| § 28.29 - Return of samples. |
| § 28.30 - Samples not returned are property of Department. |
| Adjustment of Contract Disputes |
| § 28.160 - Cotton examiners on foreign exchanges. |
| § 28.161 - Disputes involving contracts for shipment of cotton from United States. |
| § 28.162 - Procedure. |
| Licensing of Warehouses and Gins for Sampling |
| § 28.20 - When license is required. |
| § 28.21 - Eligibility and application. |
| § 28.22 - Authority granted by license. |
| § 28.23 - Suspension or revocation of license. |
| § 28.24 - Surrender of license certificate. |
| Violations |
| § 28.31 - Denial of service. |
| § 28.32 - Misrepresentation; deceptive or fraudulent acts or practices; violations. |
| Publications Media |
| § 28.165 - OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act. |
| Subpart B - Classification for Foreign-Growth Cotton |
| § 28.175 - Administrative and general. |
| § 28.176 - Designation of official certificates, memoranda, marks, other identifications, and devices for purpose of the Agricultural Marketing Act. |
| § 28.177 - Request for classification and comparison of cotton. |
| § 28.178 - Submission of cotton samples. |
| § 28.179 - Lost or damaged samples. |
| § 28.180 - No return of samples. |
| § 28.181 - Withdrawal of classification request. |
| § 28.182 - Denial of service. |
| § 28.183 - Methods of cotton classification and comparison. |
| § 28.184 - Availability of electronic cotton classification data. |
| § 28.185 - Issuance of cotton classification memoranda. |
| § 28.186 - Review of cotton classification or comparison. |
| § 28.187 - Surrender of memoranda. |
| § 28.188 - Fee amounts. |
| § 28.189 - Expenses to be borne by party requesting classification. |
| § 28.190 - Advance deposits. |
| § 28.191 - Payments methods. |
| § 28.192 - No voiding or modifying claims for payment. |
| Subpart C - Standards |
| Leaf Grades |
| § 28.461 - Leaf Grade 1. |
| § 28.462 - Leaf Grade 2. |
| § 28.463 - Leaf Grade 3. |
| § 28.464 - Leaf Grade 4. |
| § 28.465 - Leaf Grade 5. |
| § 28.466 - Leaf Grade 6. |
| § 28.467 - Leaf Grade 7. |
| General |
| Official Cotton Standards of the United States for the Colorgrade of American Pima Cotton |
| § 28.501 - Color Grade No. 1. |
| § 28.502 - Color Grade No. 2. |
| § 28.503 - Color Grade No. 3. |
| § 28.504 - Color Grade No. 4. |
| § 28.505 - Color Grade No. 5. |
| § 28.506 - Color Grade No. 6. |
| § 28.507 - Color Grade No. 7. |
| §§ 28.508--28.510 - [Reserved] |
| Symbols and Code Numbers Used in Recording Cotton Classification |
| § 28.525 - Symbols and code numbers. |
| Spotted Cotton |
| § 28.421 - Good Middling Spotted Color. |
| § 28.422 - Strict Middling Spotted Color. |
| § 28.423 - Middling Spotted Color. |
| § 28.424 - Strict Low Middling Spotted Color. |
| § 28.425 - Low Middling Spotted Color. |
| § 28.426 - Strict Good Ordinary Spotted Color. |
| Light Spotted Cotton |
| § 28.411 - Good Middling Light Spotted Color. |
| § 28.412 - Strict Middling Light Spotted Color. |
| § 28.413 - Middling Light Spotted Color. |
| § 28.414 - Strict Low Middling Light Spotted Color. |
| § 28.415 - Low Middling Light Spotted Color. |
| § 28.416 - Strict Good Ordinary Light Spotted Color. |
| inged cotton |
| § 28.431 - Strict Middling Tinged Color. |
| § 28.432 - Middling Tinged Color. |
| § 28.433 - Strict Low Middling Tinged Color. |
| § 28.434 - Low Middling Tinged Color. |
| Official Cotton Standards of the United States for the Leaf Grade of American Pima Cotton |
| § 28.511 - Leaf Grade No. 1. |
| § 28.512 - Leaf Grade No. 2. |
| § 28.513 - Leaf Grade No. 3. |
| § 28.514 - Leaf Grade No. 4. |
| § 28.515 - Leaf Grade No. 5. |
| § 28.516 - Leaf Grade No. 6. |
| § 28.517 - Leaf Grade No. 7. |
| eneral |
| § 28.480 - General. |
| § 28.481 - Alternate title for standards. |
| § 28.482 - United States Cotton Futures Act. |
| Application of Standards and Explanatory Terms |
| § 28.521 - Application of color and leaf grade standards. |
| § 28.522 - Explanatory terms. |
| Official Cotton Standards of the United States for Length of Staple |
| § 28.301 - Measurement: humidity; temperature. |
| § 28.302 - Terms of designation. |
| § 28.303 - Standards for length of staple for American upland cotton. |
| § 28.304 - Original representation of American Pima cotton staple lengths. |
| § 28.306 - Over 1316 inch staple. |
| § 28.307 - Bale of different staple lengths. |
| Official Cotton Standards of the United States for the Grade of American Pima Cotton |
| Below Leaf Grade Cotton |
| § 28.471 - Below Leaf Grade Cotton. |
| Official Cotton Standards of the United States for the Leaf Grade of American Upland Cotton |
| Official Cotton Standards of the United States for Fiber Fineness and Maturity |
| § 28.601 - Official cotton standards for fiber fineness and maturity. |
| § 28.602 - Terms of designations. |
| § 28.603 - Procedures for air flow tests of micronaire reading. |
| Official Cotton Standards of the United States for the Color Grade of American Upland Cotton |
| Yellow Stained Cotton |
| § 28.441 - Strict Middling Yellow Stained Color. |
| § 28.442 - Middling Yellow Stained Color. |
| Tinged Cotton |
| Below Color Grade Cotton |
| § 28.451 - Below Color Grade Cotton. |
| White Cotton |
| § 28.401 - Good Middling Color. |
| § 28.402 - Strict Middling Color. |
| § 28.403 - Middling Color. |
| § 28.404 - Strict Low Middling Color. |
| § 28.405 - Low Middling Color. |
| § 28.406 - Strict Good Ordinary Color. |
| § 28.407 - Good Ordinary Color. |
| Subpart D - Cotton Classification and Market News Service for Producers |
| Classification and Market News Services |
| § 28.903 - Classification of samples. |
| § 28.904 - Market news. |
| Administration |
| § 28.902 - Director. |
| Limitation of Services |
| Definitions |
| § 28.901 - Definitions. |
| Sampling |
| § 28.906 - Sampling arrangements. |
| § 28.907 - Responsibilities of licensed gins or warehouses. |
| § 28.908 - Samples. |
| § 28.909 - Costs. |
| Classification |
| § 28.910 - Classification of samples and issuances of classification data. |
| § 28.911 - Review classification. |
| Limitations of Services |
| § 28.917 - Limitations of Services. |
| Subpart E - Cotton Fiber and Processing Tests |
| Definitions |
| § 28.950 - Terms defined. |
| Administration |
| § 28.951 - Director. |
| Fiber and Processing Tests |
| § 28.952 - Testing of samples. |
| § 28.953 - Requirements as to samples. |
| § 28.954 - Costs of submitting samples. |
| § 28.955 - Disposition of samples. |
| § 28.956 - Prescribed fees. |
| § 28.957 - Special tests and fees. |
| § 28.958 - Payment of fees. |
| § 28.959 - Limitation of testing services. |
| § 28.960 - Confidential information. |
| § 28.961 - False and misleading information. |