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[CITE: 7USC511a]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                     CHAPTER 21A--TOBACCO INSPECTION
 
Sec. 511a. Declaration of purpose

    Transactions in tobacco involving the sale thereof at auction as 
commonly conducted at auction markets are affected with a public 
interest; such transactions are carried on by tobacco producers 
generally and by persons engaged in the business of buying and selling 
tobacco in commerce; the classification of tobacco according to type, 
grade, and other characteristics affect the prices received therefor by 
producers; without uniform standards of classification and inspection 
the evaluation of tobacco is susceptible to speculation, manipulation, 
and control, and unreasonable fluctuations in prices and quality 
determinations occur which are detrimental to producers and persons 
handling tobacco in commerce; such fluctuations constitute a burden upon 
commerce and make the use of uniform standards of classification and 
inspection imperative for the protection of producers and others engaged 
in commerce and the public interest therein.

(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, Sec. 2, 49 Stat. 731.)
