7 CFR § 915.9 - Handler.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s915.9"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 915.9 - Handler."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "915.9"
section_name: "Handler."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "915"
part_name: "AVOCADOS GROWN IN SOUTH FLORIDA"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 601-674."
regulatory_source: "19 FR 3439, June 11, 1954, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 26 FR 12751, Dec. 30, 1961."
cfr_part: "915"
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# 915.9 Handler.

*Handler* is synonymous with shipper and means any person (except a common or contract carrier transporting avocados owned by another person) who handles avocados or causes avocados to be handled.