29 CFR § 784.149 - Typical operations that may qualify for exemption.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s784.149"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 784.149 - Typical operations that may qualify for exemption."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "784.149"
section_name: "Typical operations that may qualify for exemption."
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: "784"
part_name: "PROVISIONS OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT APPLICABLE TO FISHING AND OPERATIONS ON AQUATIC PRODUCTS"
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; 29 U.S.C. 201-219."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 13342, Aug. 20, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "784"
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# 784.149 Typical operations that may qualify for exemption.
Such operations as transporting the specified aquatic products to the processing plant; moving the products from place to place in the plant; cutting, trimming, eviscerating, peeling, shelling, and otherwise working on the products; packing the products; and moving the products from the production line to storage or to the shipping platform are typical of the operations in processing plants which are included in the exemption. Removal of waste, such as clam and oyster shells, operation of processing and packing machinery, and providing steam and brine for the processing operations (see *Mitchell* v. *Trade Winds Inc.,* 289 F. 2d 278, explaining *Waller* v. *Humphreys,* 133 F. 2d 193) are also included. As for the application of the exemption to office, maintenance, warehouse, and other employees, see the discussion in § 784.106 *et seq.,* and §§ 784.140 and 784.141.