CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER I—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (parts 27 to 206) > SUBCHAPTER A—COMMODITY STANDARDS AND STANDARD CONTAINER REGULATIONS (parts 27 to 44) > PART 28—COTTON CLASSING, TESTING, AND STANDARDS > SUBPART A—Regulations Under the United States Cotton Standards Act (§28.1 to §28.165) > 28.8—Classification of cotton; determination.

28.8—Classification of cotton; determination.

For the purposes of the Act, the classification of any cotton shall be determined by the quality of a sample in accordance with Official Cotton Standards of the United States for the color grade and the leaf grade of American upland cotton, the length of staple, and fiber property measurements such as micronaire. High Volume Instruments will determine all fiber property measurements except leaf grade and extraneous matter. High Volume Instrument colormeter measurements will be used for determining the official color grade. Cotton classers will determine the official leaf grade and extraneous matter, and authorized Cotton Program employees will determine all fiber property measurements using High Volume Instruments. The classification record of a classing office or the Quality Assurance Unit with respect to any cotton shall be deemed to be the classification record of the Department.

Code of Federal Regulations

[65 FR 36598, June 9, 2000]