[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: 7CFR917.6]

[Page 118]
 
                          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. 917.6  Handle.

    Handle and ship are synonymous and mean to sell, consign, deliver or 
transport fruit or to cause fruit to be sold, consigned, delivered or 
transported between the production area and any point outside thereof, 
or within the production area: Provided, That the term handle shall not 
include the sale of fruit on the tree, the transportation within the 
production area of fruit from the orchard where grown to a packing 
facility located within such area for preparation for market, or the 
delivery of such fruit to such packing facility for such preparation.