[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: 7CFR979.7]

[Page 491]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 979_MELONS GROWN IN SOUTH TEXAS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec. 979.7  Handle.

    Handle or ship means to harvest, grade, package, sell, transport, or 
in any other way to place melons grown in the production area, or cause 
such melons to be placed, in the current of commerce within the 
production area or between the production area and any point outside 
thereof. Such term shall not include the transportation, sale, or 
delivery within the production area of field-run melons to a person for 
the purpose of having such melons prepared for market.