7 CFR § 1209.6 - First handler.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s1209.6"
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title: "7 CFR § 1209.6 - First handler."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1209.6"
section_name: "First handler."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "1209"
part_name: "MUSHROOM PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION ORDER"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 6101-6112 and 7 U.S.C. 7401."
regulatory_source: "57 FR 31951, July 20, 1992, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1209.6 First handler.

*First handler* means any person who receives or otherwise acquires mushrooms from a producer and prepares for marketing or markets such mushrooms, or who prepares for marketing or markets mushrooms of that person's own production.