7 CFR § 917.7 - Handler.

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title: "7 CFR § 917.7 - Handler."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "917.7"
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chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "917"
part_name: "FRESH PEARS AND PEACHES GROWN IN CALIFORNIA"
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# 917.7 Handler.

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

At 76 FR 66605, Oct. 27, 2011, § 917.7 was suspended indefinitely, effective Oct. 28, 2011.