[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: 7CFR946.52]

[Page 361]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 946_IRISH POTATOES GROWN IN WASHINGTON--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec. 946.52  Issuance of regulations.

    (a) The Secretary shall limit the shipment of potatoes as set forth 
in this subpart whenever he finds from the recommendation and 
information submitted by the committee, or from other available 
information, that it would tend to effectuate the declared policy of the 
act:
    (1) To regulate, in any or all portions of the production area the 
handling of particular grades, sizes, qualities or maturity of any or 
all varieties of potatoes during any period;
    (2) To regulate the handling of particular grades, sizes, qualities 
or maturities of any or all varieties of potatoes, or for any 
combination of the foregoing during any period in the States of Oregon 
and Idaho which have been shipped from the production area to specified 
locations therein for grading or storage pursuant to Sec. 946.54;
    (3) To regulate the handling of particular grades, sizes, qualities 
or maturities of any or all varieties differently for: Different 
portions of the production area, different uses or outlets, different 
packs or for any combination of the foregoing, during any period;
    (4) To regulate the handling of potatoes by establishing in terms of 
grades, sizes, or both, minimum standards of quality and maturity.
    (b) The Secretary may amend any regulation issued under this subpart 
whenever he finds that such amendment would tend to effectuate the 
declared policy of the act. The Secretary may also terminate or suspend 
any regulation whenever he finds that such regulation obstructs or no 
longer tends to effectuate the declared policy of the act.
    (c) The Secretary shall notify the committee of any such regulation 
issued pursuant to this section and the committee shall give reasonable 
notice thereof to handlers.

[37 FR 10917, June 1, 1972]