[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: 7CFR917.45]

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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. 917.45  Inspection and certification.

    (a) Whenever the handling of any variety of a particular fruit is 
regulated pursuant to Sec. 917.41 or Sec. 917.42, each handler who 
handles such fruit shall, prior thereto, cause such fruit to be 
inspected by the Federal or Federal-State Inspection Service: Provided, 
That inspection and certification shall not be required if such fruit 
has previously been so inspected and certified. Promptly after 
inspection and certification, each such handler shall submit, or cause 
to be submitted, to the commodity committee a copy of the certificate of 
inspection issued with respect to such fruit. The commodity committees 
may, with the approval of

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the Secretary, prescribe rules and regulations waiving the inspection 
requirements of this section where it is determined that inspection is 
not available: Provided, That all shipments made under such waiver shall 
comply with all regulations in effect.
    (b) The Control Committee may enter into an agreement with the 
Federal and Federal-State Inspection Services with respect to the costs 
of the inspection required by paragraph (a) of this section, for any or 
all fruits, and may collect from handlers their respective pro rata 
shares of such costs.

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