7 CFR § 989.75 - Confidential information.

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title: "7 CFR § 989.75 - Confidential information."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "989.75"
section_name: "Confidential information."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "989"
part_name: "RAISINS PRODUCED FROM GRAPES GROWN IN CALIFORNIA"
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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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# 989.75 Confidential information.

All reports and records furnished or submitted by a handler to the Committee shall be received by, and at all times kept under the custody or control of, one or more employees of the Committee, who shall disclose to no person, except the Secretary upon request therefor, data or information obtained or extracted therefrom which would constitute a trade secret or the disclosure of which might affect the trade position, financial condition, or business operations of the particular handler from whom received: *Provided,* That the Committee may require such an employee to disclose to it, or to any person designated by it or by the Secretary, information and data of a general nature, compilations of data affecting handlers as a group, and any data affecting one or more handlers, so long as the identity of the individual handlers involved is not disclosed.