[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: 7CFR923.54]

[Page 182]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 923_SWEET CHERRIES GROWN IN DESIGNATED COUNTIES IN WASHINGTON--
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  923.54  Special purpose shipments.

    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person may, 
without regard to the provisions of Sec. Sec.  923.41, 923.52, 923.53, 
and 923.55, and the regulations issued thereunder, handle cherries (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.  923.41, Sec.  923.52, Sec.  923.53, or Sec.  923.55, the handling 
of cherries in such minimum quantities, or types of shipments, or for 
such specified purposes, as the committee, with approval of the 
Secretary, may prescribe. Specified purposes under this section may 
include shipments of cherries for grading or packing to specified 
locations outside the production area and shipments to facilitate the 
conduct of marketing research and development projects established 
pursuant to Sec.  923.45.
    (c) The committee shall, with the approval of the Secretary, 
prescribe such rules, regulations, and safeguards as it may deem 
necessary to prevent cherries 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 cherries pursuant to this section, and that such applications 
be accompanied by a certification by the intended purchaser or receiver 
that the cherries will not be used for any purpose not authorized by 
this section. The committee may rescind or deny to any packing facility 
the special purpose shipment certificate if proof satisfactory to the 
committee is obtained that cherries shipped for the purpose stated in 
this section were handled contrary to the provisions of this section.

[22 FR 3835, June 1, 1957. Redesignated at 26 FR 12751, Dec. 30, 1961, 
as amended at 66 FR 58356, Nov. 21, 2001]