[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: 7CFR922.52]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 922_APRICOTS GROWN IN DESIGNATED COUNTIES IN WASHINGTON--Table of 
Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec. 922.52  Issuance of regulations.

    (a) The Secretary shall regulate, in the manner specified in this 
section,

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the handling of apricots whenever he finds from the recommendations and 
information submitted by the committee, or from other available 
information, that such regulations will tend to effectuate the declared 
policy of the act. Such regulations may:
    (1) Limit, during any period or periods, the shipment of any 
particular grade, size, quality, maturity, or pack, or any combination 
thereof, of any variety or varieties of apricots grown in any district 
or districts of the production area;
    (2) Limit the shipment of apricots by establishing, in terms of 
grades, sizes, or both, minimum standards of quality and maturity during 
any period when season average prices are expected to exceed the parity 
level;
    (3) Fix the size, capacity, weight, dimensions, markings, or pack of 
the container, or containers, which may be used in the packaging or 
handling of apricots.
    (b) The committee shall be informed immediately of any such 
regulation issued by the Secretary, and the committee shall promptly 
give notice thereof to growers and handlers.

[22 FR 3514, May 21, 1957. Redesignated at 26 FR 12751, Dec. 30, 1961, 
and amended at 27 FR 5188, June 2, 1962]