[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: 7CFR989.60]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 989_RAISINS PRODUCED FROM GRAPES GROWN IN CALIFORNIA--Table 
of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec. 989.60  Exemption.

    (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this amended subpart, 
the committee may establish, with the approval of the Secretary, such 
rules and procedures as may be necessary to permit the acquisition and 
disposition of any off-grade or reserve pool raisins, free from any or 
all regulations, for uses in non-normal outlets.
    (b) The committee may establish, with the approval of the Secretary, 
such rules and procedures as may be necessary to exempt from any or all

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regulations raisins produced in southern California (i.e., the counties 
of Riverside, Imperial, San Bernardino, Ventura, Orange, Los Angeles, 
and San Diego) and disposed of for distillation, livestock feed, or by 
export in natural condition to Mexico.
    (c) The committee may designate such raisins as it deems appropriate 
for production, processing, and marketing research and development. The 
period of such designation shall be for not more than five years unless 
extended by the committee. The volume which may be acquired by all 
handlers shall not exceed 500 natural condition tons annually for each 
designated project, unless increased by the Secretary upon a 
recommendation of the committee. Such designated raisins may be acquired 
and disposed of free from those regulations specified by the committee. 
In any crop year, when the total industry acquisitions of the designated 
raisins exceed 500 natural condition tons or a larger quantity approved 
by the Secretary upon a recommendation of the committee, the exemption 
shall not apply.

[29 FR 9484, July 11, 1964, as amended at 32 FR 18086, Dec. 19, 1967; 37 
FR 19623, Sept. 21, 1972; 42 FR 37202, July 20, 1977]