7 CFR § 28.403 - Middling Color.

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title: "7 CFR § 28.403 - Middling Color."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "28.403"
section_name: "Middling Color."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "COMMODITY STANDARDS AND CONTAINER REQUIREMENTS"
part_number: "28"
part_name: "COTTON CLASSING, TESTING, AND STANDARDS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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regulatory_source: "22 FR 10930, Dec. 28, 1957, unless otherwise noted."
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# 28.403 Middling Color.

Middling Color is color which is within the range represented by a set of samples in the custody of the United States Department of Agriculture in a container marked “Original Official Cotton Standards of the United States, American Upland, Middling, effective July 1, 1987.”