# Tobacco Inspection; Mandatory Grading
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Final rule. · Published 2002-11-19 · 67 FR 69659
## Document
- **Document number:** 02-29031
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 67 FR 69659
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 29
- **Publication date:** 2002-11-19
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. TB-02-11
## Abstract

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule that amended the regulations to provide mandatory grading for kinds of tobacco approved by a majority of producers voting in the mandatory grading referenda and to reduce the fee for mandatory grading from $.01 per pound to $.009 per pound.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/11/19/02-29031/tobacco-inspection-mandatory-grading)
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