§54 Classification by Department of Agriculture; Certification Thereof; Effect of Certificate; Regulations for Classification

Summary

Anyone who owns or has a financial interest in cotton can send the cotton or samples, taken under the Secretary of Agriculture’s rules, to USDA officers picked to decide the cotton’s correct classification. They can also ask for a comparison with other samples. The USDA’s final certificate must be accepted by U.S. officials and used in federal courts as initial evidence of the cotton’s classification in commerce cases. The Secretary must create sample-submission rules that require numbering so classifiers do not know who is involved.