[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: 7CFR917.40]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 917_FRESH PEARS AND PEACHES GROWN IN CALIFORNIA--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec. 917.40  Recommendations for regulations.

    (a) Whenever a commodity committee deems it advisable to regulate 
the handling of any variety or varieties of fruit in the manner provided 
in Sec. 917.41, it shall so recommend to the Secretary.
    (b) In arriving at its recommendations for regulation pursuant to 
paragraph (a) of this section, the commodity committee shall give 
consideration to current information with respect to the factors 
affecting the supply and demand for such fruit during the period or 
periods when it is proposed that such regulation should be made 
effective. With each such recommendation for regulation, the commodity 
committee shall submit to the Secretary the data and information on 
which such recommendation is predicated and such other available 
information as the Secretary may request.