Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 23, 2024

Title 7 - Agriculture last revised: Nov 20, 2024
§ 29.3156 - Nondescript (N Group).

Extremely common tobacco which does not meet the minimum specifications or which exceeds the tolerance of the lowest grade of any other group.

Grades Grade names and specifications
N1LFirst Quality Light Colored Nondescript
Thin to tissuey body and 60 percent injury tolerance.
N1FFirst Quality Medium Colored Nondescript
Fleshy to medium body and 60 percent injury tolerance.
N1RFirst Quality Dark Colored Nondescript
Heavy to fleshy body and 60 percent injury tolerance.
N1GFirst Quality Crude Green Nondescript
60 percent crude leaves or injury tolerance.
N2LSecond Quality Light to Medium Colored Nondescript
Medium to tissuey body and over 60 percent injury tolerance.
N2RSecond Quality Medium to Dark Colored Nondescript
Heavy to medium body and over 60 percent injury tolerance.
N2GSecond Quality Crude Green Nondescript
Over 60 percent crude leaves or injury tolerance.
[24 FR 8771, Oct. 29, 1959, as amended at 49 FR 16758, Apr. 20, 1984]
authority: 7 U.S.C. 511-511s.
cite as: 7 CFR 29.3156