[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: 7CFR953.43]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 953_IRISH POTATOES GROWN IN SOUTHEASTERN STATES--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec. 953.43  Minimum standards of quality.

    (a) Recommendation. Whenever the committee deems it advisable to 
establish and maintain minimum standards of quality governing the 
shipment of potatoes, it shall recommend to the Secretary such minimum 
standards of quality in terms of grades, sizes, or both, below which 
shipments are to be prohibited. At the time of submitting each such 
recommendation, the committee shall also submit to the Secretary the 
supporting data and information upon which it acted in making such 
recommendation. The committee shall submit in support of its 
recommendations such other data and information as may be requested by 
the Secretary, and shall promptly give adequate notice to all handlers 
and growers of each such recommendation.
    (b) Establishment. Whenever the Secretary finds, from the 
recommendations and information submitted by the committee, or from 
other available information, that to prohibit the shipment of potatoes 
below certain specified minimum grades, or smaller than certain 
specified minimum sizes, or both, would be in the public interest

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and would tend to effectuate the declared policy of the act, he shall so 
prohibit the shipment of such potatoes. The Secretary shall immediately 
notify the committee of the issuance of each such regulation, and the 
committee shall promptly give adequate notice thereof to handlers and 
growers.
    (c) Modification or suspension. (1) The committee may recommend to 
the Secretary the modification, suspension, or termination of orders 
relating to minimum standards provided for or established pursuant to 
this subpart. If the Secretary finds, upon the basis of such 
recommendation and information, or upon the basis of other available 
information, that to modify, suspend, or terminate such orders relating 
to minimum standards of quality will tend to effectuate the declared 
policy of the act, he shall so modify or suspend such standards for (i) 
a specified period of time, or (ii) for an indefinite period of time.
    (2) The Secretary shall immediately notify the committee and the 
committee shall promptly give notice to growers and handlers, of any 
order issued by the Secretary modifying, suspending, or terminating any 
orders relating to minimum standards of quality established pursuant to, 
or provided for, in this subpart.