USDA FGIS provides services directly and through delegations and designations of authority as provided in the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA). This dataset describes the specific delegated states and their authority in January 2022.
A delegated state is a state agency delegated authority under the Act to provide official inspection service, or Class X or Class Y weighing services, or both, at one or more export port locations in the State. (7 CFR 800.0(b) “Delegated State”, 7 CFR 800.195 )