7 U.S.C. § 87k — Standardizing commercial inspections

(a) To make commercial grain inspection results more uniform, the Secretary may work with the National Institute for Standards and Technology, the National Conference on Weights and Measures, or similar organizations to: identify which inspection instruments need standardizing; set performance requirements for commercial grain inspection instruments; build a national program to approve those instruments for commercial use; and develop reference materials or other tools needed to calibrate or test approved instruments. (b) So producers are treated the same way when delivering grain, the Secretary must develop practical, cost-effective procedures for commercial inspections that apply quality factors resulting in price premiums and discounts. These procedures must be made available to country elevators and others who do first-point-of-delivery inspections. (c) To encourage use of these instruments and procedures, the Secretary must provide official inspection services — through the Secretary, the States, and official inspection agencies — and share information about proper use of sampling and inspection equipment, applying grain standards, available official inspection services, and appeals under this chapter. (d) The Secretary must set uniform standards for testing equipment and uniform testing procedures and sampling techniques, for use by processors, refiners, grain elevator and terminal operators, and others, to accurately detect aflatoxin contamination in corn grown in the United States.