7 CFR § 1223.7 - First handler.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s1223.7"
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title: "7 CFR § 1223.7 - First handler."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1223.7"
section_name: "First handler."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "1223"
part_name: "PECAN PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND 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: "86 FR 2898, Jan. 13, 2021,  unless otherwise noted."
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# 1223.7 First handler.

*First handler* means any person who receives, shells, cracks, accumulates, warehouses, roasts, packs, sells, consigns, transports, exports, or ships (except as a common or contract carrier of pecans owned by another person), or in any other way puts inshell or shelled pecans in the stream of commerce. The term first handler includes a producer who handles or markets pecans of the producer's own production.