[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: 7CFR966.52]

[Page 475]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 966_TOMATOES GROWN IN FLORIDA--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  966.52  Issuance of regulations.

    The Secretary shall limit the handling of tomatoes whenever he finds 
from the recommendation and information submitted by the Committee, or 
from other available information, that such regulation would tend to 
effectuate the declared policy of the act. Such regulation may:
    (a) Limit, in any or all portions of the production area, the 
handling of particular grades, sizes, qualities (including maturity as a 
factor of grade or quality), or packs of any or all varieties of 
tomatoes, during any period; or
    (b) Limit the handling of particular grades, sizes, qualities, or 
packs of tomatoes differently, from different varieties, for different 
stages of maturity, for different portions of the production area, for 
different containers, for different markets, for different purposes 
specified in Sec.  966.54, or any combination of the foregoing, during 
any period; or
    (c) Limit the handling of tomatoes by establishing, in terms of 
grades, sizes, or both, minimum standards of quality and maturity; or
    (d) Fix the size, weight, capacity, dimensions, markings (including 
labels and stamps), or pack of the container or containers which may be 
used in the packaging, transportation, sale, shipment, or other handling 
of tomatoes.

[20 FR 7357, Oct. 4, 1955. Redesignated at 26 FR 12751, Dec. 30, 1961, 
and amended at 33 FR 8586, June 12, 1968; 34 FR 19186, Dec. 4, 1969]