7 CFR § 33.3 - Secretary.

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title: "7 CFR § 33.3 - Secretary."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "33.3"
section_name: "Secretary."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
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subchapter_name: "COMMODITY STANDARDS AND CONTAINER REQUIREMENTS"
part_number: "33"
part_name: "REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE EXPORT APPLE ACT"
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authority: "Sec. 7, 48 Stat. 124; 7 U.S.C. 587."
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# 33.3 Secretary.

*Secretary* means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or any officer or employee of the United States Department of Agriculture to whom authority has heretofore been delegated or to whom authority may hereafter be delegated to act in his stead.