7 CFR § 927.7 - Handler.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s927.7"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 927.7 - Handler."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "927.7"
section_name: "Handler."
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 601-674."
regulatory_source: "70 FR 29392, May 20, 2005, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "927"
---


# 927.7 Handler.

*Handler* is synonymous with shipper and means any person (except a common or contract carrier transporting pears owned by another person) who, as owner, agent, broker, or otherwise, ships or handles pears, or causes pears to be shipped or handled by rail, truck, boat, or any other means whatsoever.