§ 511b. — Official standards for classification; tentative standards; modification.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 7USC511b]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 21A--TOBACCO INSPECTION
Sec. 511b. Official standards for classification; tentative
standards; modification
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.
(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, Sec. 3, 49 Stat. 732.)
