22 May 2025
🚬Changes to Tobacco Grading Regulations by USDA
Tobacco Grading and Inspections Services-Rescission of Designated Tobacco Markets
Summary
This action removes and reserves subpart D, titled "Orders of Designation of Tobacco Markets" from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The regulations subpart D are obsolete and unnecessary because The Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 eliminated mandatory grading of types of tobacco eligible for price support programs and a referendum of eligible producers voted in favor of terminating the designations for tobacco auction markets in June of 2005.
Agencies
- Agriculture Department
- Agricultural Marketing Service
Business Impact
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The removal of the mandatory grading system for tobacco may lead to reduced compliance costs and a shift in market operations for tobacco producers, as it deregulates previous requirements that affected their operations.