7 CFR § 917.5 - Grower.

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title: "7 CFR § 917.5 - Grower."
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title_name: "Agriculture"
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chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
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part_name: "FRESH PEARS AND PEACHES GROWN IN CALIFORNIA"
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# 917.5 Grower.

*Grower* is synonymous with producer and means any person who produces fruit for market in fresh form, and who has a proprietary interest therein.

[71 FR 41351, July 21, 2006, as amended at 76 FR 66605, Oct. 27, 2011]

At 76 FR 66605, Oct. 27, 2011, § 917.5 was suspended indefinitely, effective Oct. 28, 2011.