[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: 7CFR917.45]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 917_FRESH PEARS AND PEACHES GROWN IN CALIFORNIA--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  917.45  Inspection and certification.

    (a) Whenever the handling of any variety of a particular fruit is 
regulated pursuant to Sec.  917.41 or Sec.  917.42, each handler who 
handles such fruit shall, prior

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thereto, cause such fruit to be inspected by the Federal or Federal-
State Inspection Service: Provided, That inspection and certification 
shall not be required if such fruit has previously been so inspected and 
certified. Promptly after inspection and certification, each such 
handler shall submit, or cause to be submitted, to the commodity 
committee a copy of the certificate of inspection issued with respect to 
such fruit. The commodity committees may, with the approval of the 
Secretary, prescribe 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 Control 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, for any or 
all fruits, and may collect from handlers their respective pro rata 
shares of such costs.

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