[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: 7CFR983.46]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 983_PISTACHIOS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 983.46  Modification or suspension of regulations.

    (a) In the event that the committee, at any time, finds that the 
order provisions contained in Sec. Sec. 983.38 through 983.45 should be 
modified or suspended, it shall by vote of at least seven concurring 
members, so recommend to the Secretary.
    (b) Whenever the Secretary finds from the recommendations and 
information submitted by the committee or from other available 
information, that the aflatoxin or minimum quality provisions in 
Sec. Sec. 983.38 and 983.39 should be modified, suspended, or 
terminated with respect to any or all shipments of pistachios in order 
to effectuate the declared policy of the Act, the Secretary shall modify 
or suspend such provisions. If the Secretary finds that a regulation 
obstructs or does not tend to effectuate the declared policy of the Act, 
the Secretary shall suspend or terminate such regulation.
    (c) The committee, with the approval of the Secretary, may issue 
rules and regulations implementing Sec. Sec. 983.38 through 983.45.

    Effective Date Note: At 69 FR 17850, Apr. 4, 2004, part 983 was 
added, effective April 6, 2004, except for Sec. Sec. 983.38 through 
983.46, which are effective Aug. 1, 2004. At 69 FR 44460, July 26, 2004, 
the effective date was delayed to February 1, 2005.

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