[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: 7CFR917.43]

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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. 917.43  Special purpose shipments.

    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person may, 
without regard to the provisions of Sec. Sec. 917.37, 917.41, and 
917.42, and the regulations issued thereunder, handle fruit (1) for 
consumption by charitable institutions; (2) for distribution by relief 
agencies; or (3) for commercial processing into products.
    (b) Upon the basis of recommendations and information submitted by 
the commodity committee, or from other available information, the 
Secretary may relieve from any or all requirements, under or established 
pursuant to Sec. 917.41, Sec. 917.42, Sec. 917.45, or Sec. 917.37, 
the handling of fruit; (1) To designated market areas outside the 
continental United States; (2) for such specified purposes (including 
shipments to facilitate the conduct of marketing research and 
development projects established pursuant to Sec. 917.39); or (3) in 
such minimum quantities or types of shipments, as may be prescribed.
    (c) The commodity committee shall, with the approval of the 
Secretary, prescribe such rules, regulations, and safeguards as it may 
deem necessary to prevent fruit handled under the provisions of this 
section from entering the channels of trade for other than the specified 
purposes authorized by this section. Such rules, regulations, and 
safeguards may include the requirements that handlers shall file 
applications and receive approval from the commodity committee for 
authorization to handle fruit pursuant to this section, and that such 
applications be accompanied by a certification by the intended purchaser 
or receiver that the fruit will not be used for any purpose not 
authorized by this section.