[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 8]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
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[CITE: 7CFR922.54]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 922_APRICOTS GROWN IN DESIGNATED COUNTIES IN WASHINGTON--Table 
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  922.54  Special purpose shipments.

    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person may, 
without regard to the provisions of Sec. Sec.  922.41, 922.52, 922.53, 
and 922.55, and the regulations issued thereunder, handle apricots (1) 
for consumption by charitable institutions; (2) for distribution by 
relief agencies; or (3) for commercial processing into products.
    (b) Upon the basis of recommendations and information submitted by 
the committee, or from other available information, the Secretary may 
relieve from any or all requirements, under or established pursuant to 
Sec.  922.41, Sec.  922.52, Sec.  922.53, or Sec.  922.55, the handling 
of apricots in such minimum quantities, or types of shipments, or for 
such specified purposes (including shipments to facilitate the conduct 
of marketing research and development projects established pursuant to 
Sec.  922.45), as the committee, with approval of the Secretary, may 
prescribe,
    (c) The committee shall, with the approval of the Secretary, 
prescribe such rules, regulations, and safeguards as it may deem 
necessary to prevent apricots handled under the provisions of this 
section from entering the channels of trade for other than the specific 
purposes authorized by this section. Such rules, regulations, and 
safeguards may include the requirements that handlers shall file 
applications and receive approval from the committee for authorization 
to handle apricots pursuant to this section, and that such applications 
be accompanied by a certification by the intended purchaser or receiver 
that the apricots will not be used for any purpose not authorized by 
this section.