29 CFR § 779.14 - Goods.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s779.14"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 779.14 - Goods."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "779.14"
section_name: "Goods."
chapter_name: "WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY OR INTERPRETATION NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO REGULATIONS"
part_number: "779"
part_name: "THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT AS APPLIED TO RETAILERS OF GOODS OR SERVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 1-19, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended; 75 Stat. 65; Sec. 29(B), Pub. L. 93-259, 88 Stat. 55; 29 U.S.C. 201-219."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 5856, Apr. 9, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "779"
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# 779.14 Goods.
The definition in section 3(i) of the Act states that *goods,* as used in the Act, means “goods (including ships and marine equipment), wares, products, commodities, merchandise, or articles or subjects of commerce of any character, or any part or ingredient thereof, but does not include goods after their delivery into the actual physical possession of the ultimate consumer thereof other than a producer, manufacturer, or processor thereof.” The interpretative bulletin on general coverage of the Act, part 776 of this chapter, contains a detailed discussion of the application of this definition and what is included in it.