7 CFR § 1540.21 - Definition.

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title: "7 CFR § 1540.21 - Definition."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1540.21"
section_name: "Definition."
chapter_name: "FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "1540"
part_name: "INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL TRADE"
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authority: "Sec. 213(f), Pub. L. 98-67, 97 Stat. 391 (19 U.S.C. 2703(f)); 5 U.S.C. 301; sec. 404, Pub. L. 98-573, 98 Stat. 3016, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2112 note); 5 U.S.C. 301."
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# 1540.21 Definition.

*Perishable product* means:

(a) Live plants provided for in subpart A of part 6 of schedule 1 of the 1985 Tariff Schedules of the United States (the “TSUS”);

(b) Fresh or chilled vegetables provided for in items 135.03 through 138.46 of the TSUS;

(c) Fresh mushrooms provided for in item 144.10 of the TSUS;

(d) Fresh fruits provided for in items 146.10, 146.20, 146.30, 146.50 through 146.62, 146.90, 146.91, 147.03 through 147.44, 147.50 through 149.21 and 149.50 of the TSUS;

(e) Fresh cut flowers provided for in items 192.17, 192.18, and 192.21 of the TSUS; and

(f) Concentrated citrus fruit juice provided for in items 165.25, 165.29 and 165.36 of the TSUS.