7 CFR § 927.1 - Secretary.

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title: "7 CFR § 927.1 - Secretary."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "927.1"
section_name: "Secretary."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "927"
part_name: "PEARS GROWN IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 601-674."
regulatory_source: "70 FR 29392, May 20, 2005, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "927"
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# 927.1 Secretary.

*Secretary* means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, or any officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture who has been delegated, or to whom authority may hereafter be delegated, the authority to act for the Secretary.