[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: 7CFR959.60]

[Page 461]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 959_ONIONS GROWN IN SOUTH TEXAS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  959.60  Inspection and certification.

    (a) Whenever the handling of onions is regulated pursuant to Sec.  
959.52, or at other times when recommended by the committee and approved 
by the Secretary, no handlers shall handle onions unless they are 
inspected by an authorized representative of the Federal or Federal-
State Inspection Service and are covered by a valid inspection 
certificate, except when relieved from such requirements pursuant to 
Sec.  959.52(c) or Sec.  959.54, or paragraph (b) of this section.
    (b) Regarding, resorting, or repacking any lot of onions shall 
invalidate any prior inspection certificate insofar as the requirements 
of this section are concerned. No handler shall handle onions after they 
have been regraded, resorted, or repacked unless such onions are 
inspected by an authorized representative of the Federal or Federal-
State Inspection Service. Such inspection requirements on regraded, 
resorted, or repacked onions may be modified, suspended, or terminated 
upon recommendation by the committee and approval of the Secretary.
    (c) Upon recommendation of the committee and approval by the 
Secretary, any or all onions so inspected and certified shall be 
identified by appropriate seals, stamps, or tags to be affixed to the 
containers by the handler under the direction and supervision of a 
Federal or Federal-State Inspector or the Committee. Master containers 
may bear the identification instead of the individual containers within 
said master container.
    (d) At any time this marketing order is inoperative, compulsory 
inspection is not required.
    (e) Insofar as the requirements of this section are concerned, the 
length of time for which an inspection certificate is valid may be 
established by the committee with the approval of the Secretary.
    (f) When onions are inspected in accordance with the requirements of 
this section, a copy of each inspection certificate issued shall be made 
available to the committee by the Inspection Service.
    (g) The committee may recommend and the Secretary may require that 
no handler shall transport or cause the transportation of onions by 
motor vehicle or by other means unless such shipment is accompanied by a 
copy of the inspection certificate issued thereon, or other document 
authorized by the committee to indicate that such inspection has been 
performed. Such certificate or document shall be surrendered to such 
authority as may be designated.

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