7 CFR 1223.7

§ 1223.7 First handler.

United States · 7 CFR — Agriculture · Status: effective

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Citation: 7 CFR 1223.7, § 1223.7 First handler, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/24896
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Full text

First handler means any person who receives, shells, cracks, accumulates, warehouses, roasts, packs, sells, consigns, transports, exports, or ships (except as a common or contract carrier of pecans owned by another person), or in any other way puts inshell or shelled pecans in the stream of commerce. The term first handler includes a producer who handles or markets pecans of the producer's own production.

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.