7 CFR Part 28
PART 28—COTTON CLASSING, TESTING, AND STANDARDS
- PART 28—COTTON CLASSING, TESTING, AND STANDARDS
- Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture › Chapter I—Agricultural Marketing Service (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), Department of Agriculture › Subchapter A—Commodity Standards and Container Requirements
- Subpart A—Requirements Under the United States Cotton Standards Act
- definitions
- § 28.1 Meaning of words.
- § 28.2 Terms defined.
- administrative and general
- § 28.3 Director.
- § 28.4 Classing offices.
- §§ 28.5-28.6 [Reserved]
- § 28.7 Area Director, Classing Office; responsibility.
- § 28.8 Classification of cotton; determination.
- § 28.9 Inspection; sampling; 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- violations
- § 28.31 Denial of service.
- § 28.32 Misrepresentation; deceptive or fraudulent acts or practices; violations.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- reviews
- § 28.65 Provisions for reviews.
- § 28.66 Review procedure.
- § 28.68 Withdrawal of application for review.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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 13/16 inch staple.
- § 28.307 Bale of different staple lengths.
- Official Cotton Standards of the United States for the Color Grade of American Upland 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- tinged 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.
- yellow stained cotton
- § 28.441 Strict Middling Yellow Stained Color.
- § 28.442 Middling Yellow Stained Color.
- below color grade cotton
- § 28.451 Below Color Grade Cotton.
- Official Cotton Standards of the United States for the Leaf Grade of American Upland Cotton
- 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.
- below leaf grade cotton
- § 28.471 Below Leaf Grade Cotton.
- general
- § 28.480 General.
- § 28.481 Alternate title for standards.
- § 28.482 United States Cotton Futures Act.
- 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]
- 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.
- Application of Standards and Explanatory Terms
- § 28.521 Application of color and leaf grade standards.
- § 28.522 Explanatory terms.
- Symbols and Code Numbers Used in Recording Cotton Classification
- § 28.525 Symbols and code numbers.
- 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.
- Subpart D—Cotton Classification and Market News Service for Producers
- Definitions
- § 28.901 Definitions.
- Administration
- § 28.902 Director.
- Classification and Market News Services
- § 28.903 Classification of samples.
- § 28.904 Market news.
- 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.
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