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Rule 30 May 2025 compliance, agriculture, regulations, usda, imports, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, tobacco, advisory committees, inspections, pesticides and pests, government publications

📉USDA Updates Tobacco Grading and Inspections Regulations

This direct final rule amends regulations that govern tobacco price support services established under the Agricultural Act of 1949. The Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 eliminated the price support and quota system for tobacco produced in the United States. In alignment with Executive Order 14192, AMS is removing and, where appropriate, amending regulations that have expired authorizing statutes and govern non-operational programs.

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Rule 29 May 2025 compliance, agriculture, usda, regulation, imports, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, tobacco, advisory committees, pesticides and pests, government publications

🌾Rescission of Tobacco Quota Provisions by USDA

This direct final rule amends regulations that govern the inspection of tobacco under the national marketing quota system established under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. The Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 eliminated the price support and quota system for tobacco produced in the United States. In alignment with E.O. 14192, AMS is removing and, where appropriate, amending regulations that have expired authorizing statutes and govern non- operational programs.

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Rule 28 May 2025 compliance, agriculture, usda, regulation, imports, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, tobacco, advisory committees, inspections, pesticides and pests, government publications

🚬Regulatory Changes in Tobacco Import Inspections and Testing

This direct final rule amends regulations that govern the mandatory inspection and pesticide testing for imported tobacco established under The Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983. The Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 eliminated mandatory inspection and pesticide testing for imported tobacco. In alignment with Executive Order 14192, AMS is amending and, where appropriate, removing regulations that have expired authorizing statutes or govern non- operational programs.

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Rule 22 May 2025 compliance, agriculture, regulations, usda, imports, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, tobacco, advisory committees, pesticides and pests, government publications, grading

🚬Changes to Tobacco Grading Regulations by USDA

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.

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