[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: 7CFR927.65]

[Page 223]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 927_PEARS GROWN IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  927.65  Exemption from regulation.

    (a) Nothing contained in this subpart shall limit or authorize the 
limitation of shipment of pears for consumption by charitable 
institutions or distribution by relief agencies, nor shall any 
assessment be computed on pears so shipped. The Fresh Pear Committee or 
the Processed Pear Committee may prescribe regulations to prevent pears 
shipped for either of such purposes from entering commercial channels of 
trade contrary to the provisions of this subpart.
    (b) The Fresh Pear Committee or the Processed Pear Committee may 
prescribe rules and regulations, to become effective upon the approval 
of the Secretary, whereby quantities of pears or types of pear shipments 
may be exempted from any or all provisions of this subpart.

                        Miscellaneous Provisions