7 CFR § 927.8 - Ship or handle.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s927.8"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 927.8 - Ship or handle."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "927.8"
section_name: "Ship or handle."
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: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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"
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# 927.8 Ship or handle.

*Ship or handle* means to sell, deliver, consign, transport or ship pears within the production area or between the production area and any point outside thereof, including receiving pears for processing: *Provided*, That the term “handle” shall not include the transportation of pear shipments within the production area from the orchard where grown to a packing facility located within the production area for preparation for market or delivery for processing.