[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: 7CFR931.52]

[Page 291]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 931_FRESH BARTLETT PEARS GROWN IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON--Table 
of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec. 931.52  Issuance of regulations.

    (a) The Secretary shall regulate, in the manner specified in this 
section, the handling of pears whenever he finds, from the 
recommendations and information submitted by the committee, or from 
other available information, that such regulation will tend to 
effectuate the declared policy of the act. Such regulation may:
    (1) Limit, during any period or periods, the shipment of any 
particular grade, size, quality, or pack, or any combination thereof, of 
any variety or varieties of pears grown in any district or districts of 
the production area;
    (2) Limit the shipment of pears by establishing, in terms of grades, 
sizes, or both, minimum standards of quality during any period when the 
season average price is expected to exceed the parity level;
    (3) Fix the size, capacity, weight, dimensions, or pack of the 
container, or containers, which may be used in packaging or handling of 
pears: Provided, That no regulations shall prohibit the use of the 14-
pound box or the standard western pear box; and
    (4) Prescribe requirements, as provided in this paragraph, 
applicable to exports of any variety of pears which are different from 
those applicable to the handling of the same variety to other 
destinations.
    (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.