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Title 7 - AGRICULTURESubtitle B - REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREChapter I - AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURESubchapter A - COMMODITY STANDARDS AND CONTAINER REQUIREMENTSPart 29 - TOBACCO INSPECTIONSubpart C - STANDARDS
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Section 29.3039 - Maturity

7 C.F.R. § 29.3039

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Section 29.3039 - Maturity

The degree of ripeness. Tobacco is mature when it reaches its prime state of development. The extremes are expressed as immature and mellow. (See Elements of quality.)

7 C.F.R. §29.3039

24 FR 8771, Oct. 29, 1959; 24 FR 9121, Nov. 10, 1959. Redesignated at 49 FR 16758, Apr. 20, 1984