other · Agricultural Marketing Service · Rule · Published 1999-09-27 · Effective 1999-09-28 · 64 FR 51887
Document
Document number
99-24772
Federal Register citation
64 FR 51887
CFR reference
7 CFR 29
Type
Rule
Action
Interim final rule with request for comments.
Category
other
Sub-agency
Agricultural Marketing Service
Publication date
1999-09-27
Effective date
1999-09-28
USDA docket
Docket No. TB-99-07
Abstract
The Agricultural Marketing Service is amending the regulations governing the mandatory inspection of tobacco by adding the term ``purchaser'' to specifically include in the regulatory text this segment of the industry from attempting to influence, impeding, or discussing any matter relating to grading while the tobacco inspectors are grading tobacco on the auction warehouse floor, and removing the language allowing the producer to discuss the grading of their tobacco with the inspector at the time grading is being performed. This rule will incorporate recommendations made by the Flue-Cured Tobacco Advisory Committee, the Five-State Flue-Cured Tobacco Committee, and industry representatives that clarification of this regulation is necessary to eliminate interference, distraction, and outside influence on the grading of tobacco. These amendments will revise the regulation to better eliminate interference, distraction, and outside influence on the grading of tobacco.