7 CFR § 30.18 - Injury.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s30.18"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 30.18 - Injury."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "30.18"
section_name: "Injury."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "COMMODITY STANDARDS AND CONTAINER REQUIREMENTS"
part_number: "30"
part_name: "TOBACCO STOCKS AND STANDARDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 502."
regulatory_source: "39 FR 5300, Feb. 12, 1974, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "30"
---


# 30.18 Injury.

Hurt or impairment from any cause except the fungous or bacterial diseases which attack tobacco in its cured state. Injured tobacco shall include any dead, burnt, or ragged tobacco; or tobacco that has been torn or broken, frozen or frosted, sunburned or scalded, scorched or fire-killed, bulk-burnt or stem-burnt, pole burnt or house burnt, bleached or bruised; or tobacco containing discolored or deformed leaves; or tobacco hurt by insects; or tobacco affected by wild-fire, black fire, rust, frogeye, mosaic, frenching, sanddrown, or other field diseases.