7 CFR § 1212.4 - Department.

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title: "7 CFR § 1212.4 - Department."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1212.4"
section_name: "Department."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "1212"
part_name: "HONEY PACKERS AND IMPORTERS RESEARCH, PROMOTION, CONSUMER EDUCATION AND INDUSTRY INFORMATION ORDER"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 7411-7425; 7 U.S.C. 7401."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 11472, Mar. 3, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1212.4 Department.

“Department” means the United States Department of Agriculture, or any officer or employee of the Department to whom authority has heretofore been delegated, or to whom authority may hereafter be delegated, to act in the Secretary's stead.