[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: 7CFR987.47]

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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. 987.47  Surplus.

    All cull dates and all substandard dates, including such dates 
blended with varieties within the generic term dates not regulated by 
this part, except any utility dates released to human consumption 
outlets pursuant to Sec. 987.56, are surplus dates of any crop year. No 
handler shall ship or deliver such surplus dates to other than the 
Committee or its designee(s) for disposition in eligible outlets for 
such dates, except that any producer or handler may dispose of any such 
surplus dates of his own production within his

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own livestock feeding operations. Surplus dates delivered to the 
Committee shall be disposed of by it, in those outlets specified in 
Sec. 987.56, at the best prices attainable and the proceeds returned 
pro rata, after deduction of Committee costs, to equity holders. The 
Committee may assist handlers with the cleaning, storage, or delivery of 
surplus dates and may, with the approval of the Secretary, establish 
rules and regulations necessary and incidental to administration of this 
regulation.

[27 FR 6818, July 19, 1962, as amended at 43 FR 4251, Feb. 1, 1978]

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