7 CFR § 1210.307 - Handle.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s1210.307"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 1210.307 - Handle."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1210.307"
section_name: "Handle."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "1210"
part_name: "WATERMELON RESEARCH AND PROMOTION PLAN"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 4901-4916 and 7 U.S.C. 7401."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 51091, Dec. 20, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1210"
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# 1210.307 Handle.

*Handle* means to grade, pack, process, sell, transport, purchase, or in any other way to place or cause watermelons to which one has title or possession to be placed in the current of commerce. Such term shall not include the transportation or delivery of field run watermelons by the producer thereof to a handler for grading, sizing or processing.