[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: 7CFR981.42]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 981_ALMONDS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  981.42  Quality control.

    (a) Incoming. Except as provided in this paragraph, each handler 
shall cause to be determined, through the inspection agency, and at 
handler expense, the percent of inedible kernels in each variety 
received by him and shall report the determination to the Board. The 
quantity of inedible kernels in each variety in excess of two percent of 
the kernel weight received, shall constitute a weight obligation to be 
accumulated in the course of processing and shall be delivered to the 
Board, or Board accepted crushers, feed manufacturers, or feeders. The 
Board, with the approval of the Secretary, may change this percentage 
for any crop year, may authorize additional outlets, may exempt 
bleaching stock from inedible kernel determination or obligation and may 
establish rules and regulations necessary and incidental to the 
administration of this provision, including the method of determining 
inedible kernel content and satisfaction of the disposition obligation. 
The Board for good cause may waive portions of obligations for those 
handlers not generating inedible material from such sources as blanching 
or manufacturing.
    (b) Outgoing. For any crop year the Board may establish, with the 
approval of the Secretary, such minimum quality and inspection 
requirements applicable to almonds to be handled or to be processed into 
manufactured products, as will contribute to orderly marketing or be in 
the public interest. In such crop year, no handler shall handle or 
process almonds into manufactured items or products unless they meet the 
applicable requirements as evidenced by certification acceptable to the 
Board. The Board, with the approval of the Secretary, may establish 
rules and regulations necessary and incidental to the administration of 
this provision.

[41 FR 26853, June 30, 1976, as amended at 41 FR 53651, Dec. 8, 1976]

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