7 CFR § 983.92 - Exemption.

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title: "7 CFR § 983.92 - Exemption."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "983.92"
section_name: "Exemption."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "983"
part_name: "PISTACHIOS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEW MEXICO"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 601-674."
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# 983.92 Exemption.

Any handler may handle pistachios within the production area free of the requirements in §§ 983.50 through 983.58 and § 983.71 if such pistachios are handled in quantities not exceeding 5,000 dried pounds during any production year. The Secretary, upon recommendation of the committee, may issue rules and regulations changing the 5,000-pound quantity applicable to this exemption.

[74 FR 56540, Nov. 2, 2009, as amended at 88 FR 82235, Nov. 24, 2023]