[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: 7CFR984.51]

[Page 583-584]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 984_WALNUTS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec. 984.51  Inspection and certification of inshell and shelled walnuts.

    (a) Before or upon handling of any walnuts for use as free or 
reserve walnuts, each handler at his own expense shall cause such 
walnuts to be inspected to determine whether they meet the then 
applicable grade and size regulations. Such inspection shall be 
performed by the inspection service

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designated by the Board with the approval of the Secretary. Handlers 
shall obtain a certificate for each inspection and cause a copy of each 
certificate issued by the inspection service to be furnished to the 
Board. Each certificate shall show the identity of the handler, quantity 
of walnuts, the date of inspection, and for inshell walnuts the grade 
and size of such walnuts as set forth in the United States Standards for 
Walnuts (Juglans regia) in the Shell. Certificates covering reserve 
shelled walnuts for export shall also show the grade, size, and color of 
such walnuts as set forth in the United States Standards for Shelled 
Walnuts (Juglans regia). The Board, with the approval of the Secretary, 
may prescribe such additional information to be shown on the inspection 
certificates as it deems necessary for the proper administration of this 
part.
    (b) Inshell merchantable walnuts certified shall be converted to the 
kernelweight equivalent at 45 percent of their inshell weight. This 
conversion percentage may be changed by the Board with the approval of 
the Secretary.
    (c) Upon inspection, all walnuts for use as free or reserve walnuts 
shall be identified by tags, stamps, or other means of identification 
prescribed by the Board and affixed to the container by the handler 
under the supervision of the Board or of a designated inspector and such 
identification shall not be altered or removed except as directed by the 
Board. The assessment requirements in Sec. 984.69 shall be incurred at 
the time of certification.
    (d) Whenever the Board determines that the length of time in storage 
or conditions of storage of any lot of merchantable walnuts which has 
been previously inspected have been or are such as normally to cause 
deterioration, such lot of walnuts shall be reinspected at the handler's 
expense and recertified as merchantable prior to shipment.

[39 FR 35330, Oct. 1, 1974, as amended at 41 FR 31543, July 29, 1976]