Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§52 Use of nonofficial standards prohibited; sales by sample excepted
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 2— - COTTON STANDARDS › § 52
Summary
You must not use any name, label, or system that is different from the official U.S. cotton standards to describe a cotton grade when selling, shipping, listing prices, or classifying cotton in commerce after August 1, 1923. Sales by actual sample or use of a private type are allowed only if used honestly and not to avoid or replace the official standards.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §52
Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
It shall be unlawful (a) in or in connection with any transaction or shipment in commerce made after August 1, 1923, or (b) in any publication of a price or quotation determined in or in connection with any transaction or shipment in commerce after August 1, 1923, or (c) in any classification for the purposes of or in connection with a transaction or shipment in commerce after August 1, 1923, for any person to indicate for any cotton a grade or other class which is of or within the official cotton standards of the United States then in effect under this chapter by a name, description, or designation, or any system of names, description, or designation not used in said standards: Provided, That nothing herein shall prevent a transaction otherwise lawful by actual sample or on the basis of a private type which is used in good faith and not in evasion of or substitution for said standards.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 52
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73