[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 8]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR916.55]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 916_NECTARINES GROWN IN CALIFORNIA--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  916.55  Inspection and certification.

    (a) Whenever the handling of any variety of nectarines is regulated 
pursuant to Sec.  916.52, or Sec.  916.53, each handler who handles 
nectarines shall, prior thereto, cause such nectarines to be inspected 
by the Federal or Federal-State Inspection Service and certified as 
meeting the applicable requirements of such regulation: Provided, That 
inspection and certification shall not be required for nectarines which 
previously have been so inspected and certified if such prior inspection 
was performed within such period as may be established pursuant to 
paragraph (b)

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of this section. Promptly after inspection and certification, each such 
handler shall submit, or cause to be submitted, to the committee a copy 
of the certificate of inspection issued with respect to such nectarines. 
The committee may, with the approval of the Secretary, prescribed rules 
and regulations waiving the inspection requirements of this section 
where it is determined that inspection is not available: Provided, That 
all shipments made under such waiver shall comply with all regulations 
in effect.
    (b) The committee may, with the approval of the Secretary, establish 
a period prior to shipment during which the inspection required by this 
section must be performed.
    (c) The committee may enter into an agreement with the Federal and 
Federal-State Inspection Services with respect to the costs of the 
inspection required by paragraph (a) of this section, and may collect 
from handlers their respective pro rata shares of such costs.

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