[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: 7CFR983.3]

[Page 540]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 983_PISTACHIOS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  983.3  Affiliation.

    Affiliation. This term normally appears as ``affiliate of'', or 
``affiliated with'', and means a person such as a producer or handler 
who is: A producer or handler that directly, or indirectly through one 
or more intermediaries, owns or controls, or is controlled by, or is 
under common control with the producer or handler specified; or a 
producer or handler that directly, or indirectly through one or more 
intermediaries, is connected in a proprietary capacity, or shares the 
ownership or control of the specified producer or handler with one or 
more other producers or handlers. As used in this part, the term 
``control'' (including the terms ``controlling'', ``controlled by'', and 
``under the common control with'') means the possession, direct or 
indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the 
management and policies of a handler or a producer, whether through 
voting securities, membership in a cooperative, by contract or 
otherwise.