Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§511b Official Standards for Classification; Tentative Standards; Modification
Title 7 › CHAPTER 21A — TOBACCO INSPECTION › § 511b
Summary
The Secretary can check from time to time how tobacco is sorted, handled, prepared, inspected, and sold. The Secretary can make official U.S. standards that describe a tobacco’s type, grade, size, condition, or other traits. Those standards can start right away or on a date the Secretary sets. The Secretary may issue temporary (tentative) standards first and can change any standards when they think it is needed.
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Title 7, §511b
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The Secretary is authorized to investigate the sorting, handling, conditioning, inspection, and marketing of tobacco from time to time, and to establish standards for tobacco by which its type, grade, size, condition, or other characteristics may be determined, which standards shall be the official standards of the United States, and shall become effective immediately or upon a date specified by the Secretary: Provided, That the Secretary may issue tentative standards for tobacco prior to the establishment of official standards therefor, and he may modify any standards established under authority of this chapter whenever, in his judgment, such action is advisable.
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7 U.S.C. § 511b
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102