7 CFR § 27.37 - Cotton reduced in grade.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s27.37"
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title: "7 CFR § 27.37 - Cotton reduced in grade."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "27.37"
section_name: "Cotton reduced in grade."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "COMMODITY STANDARDS AND CONTAINER REQUIREMENTS"
part_number: "27"
part_name: "COTTON CLASSIFICATION UNDER COTTON FUTURES LEGISLATION"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 15b, 7 U.S.C. 473b, 7 U.S.C. 1622(g)."
regulatory_source: "22 FR 10923, Dec. 28, 1957; 30 FR 7239, May 29, 1965, unless otherwise noted."
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# 27.37 Cotton reduced in grade.

If cotton be reduced in grade, by reason of the presence of extraneous matter or other irregularities or defects, below its grade according to the official cotton standards of the United States, the grade from which it is so reduced, and the condition or reason which so reduces its grade shall be determined and stated.

[25 FR 5872, June 25, 1960]