[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: 7CFR987.12]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 987_DOMESTIC DATES PRODUCED OR PACKED IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY, 
CALIFORNIA--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec. 987.12  Marketable dates.

    Marketable dates means those dates which are certified as equal to 
or higher than the applicable minimum grade and size requirements in 
effect pursuant to Sec. 987.39, and any additional applicable 
requirements in effect pursuant to Sec. 987.40. Marketable dates shall 
include but not be limited to the following:
    (a) DAC dates. DAC dates are marketable whole or pitted dates that 
are inspected and certified as meeting the grade, size, container, and 
identification requirements established by the Committee, with the 
approval of the Secretary, for a specific variety for handling in the 
United States and Canada.
    (b) Dates for further processing. Dates for further processing (FP) 
are marketable whole dates acquired by one handler from another handler 
that are certified as meeting the same grade and size requirements for 
DAC dates, with the exception of moisture requirements, and such 
identification requirements applicable to FP dates that are established 
by the Committee, with the approval of the Secretary, for any specific 
variety.
    (c) Export dates. Export dates are marketable whole or pitted dates 
that are inspected and certified as meeting the grade, size, container, 
and identification requirements established by the Committee, with the 
approval of the Secretary, for a specific variety, to be handled in 
export to any country or group of countries with the exeption of Canada. 
The Committee may establish different requirements for different 
countries.
    (d) Product dates. Product dates are marketable dates that are 
inspected and certified as meeting the applicable grade and size 
requirements for dates to be handled in such forms as rings, chunks, 
pieces, butter, macerate, paste, or any other forms which the Committee 
deems appropriate and which will result in dates moving into consumption 
in a form other than that of whole or pitted dates.

[43 FR 4250, Feb. 1, 1978]