7 CFR § 987.8 - Handler.

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title: "7 CFR § 987.8 - Handler."
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title_name: "Agriculture"
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section_name: "Handler."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "987"
part_name: "DOMESTIC DATES PRODUCED OR PACKED IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA"
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# 987.8 Handler.

*Handler* means any person handling dates which have not been inspected and certified for handling in the hands of a previous holder and any repacker: *Provided,* That for the purposes of §§ 987.21 and 987.24 a person shall qualify as a handler only if he has acquired the dates directly from producers.

[32 FR 12595, Aug. 31, 1967, as amended at 43 FR 4250, Feb. 1, 1978]