[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 8]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR900.13a]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 900_GENERAL REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart_Rules of Practice and Procedure Governing Proceedings To 
           Formulate Marketing Agreements and Marketing Orders
 
Sec. 900.13a  Decision by Secretary.

    After due consideration of the record, the Secretary shall render a 
decision. Such decision shall become a part of the record and shall 
include: (a) A statement of his findings and conclusions, as well as the 
reasons or basis therefor, upon all the material issues of fact, law or 
discretion presented on the record, (b) a ruling upon each proposed 
finding and proposed conclusion not previously ruled upon in the record, 
(c) a ruling upon each exception filed by interested persons and (d) 
either (1) a denial of the proposal to issue a marketing agreement or 
marketing order or (2) a marketing agreement and, if the findings upon 
the record so warrant, a marketing order, the provisions of which shall 
be set forth directly or by reference, regulating the handling of the 
commodity or product in the same manner and to the same extent as such 
marketing agreement, which order shall be complete except for its 
effective date and any determinations to be made under Sec. 900.14(b) 
or Sec. 900.14(c): Provided, That such marketing order shall not be 
executed, issued, or made effective until and unless the Secretary 
determines that the requirements of Sec. 900.14(b) or Sec. 900.14(c) 
have been met.