[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: 7CFR984] [Page 560] TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 984_WALNUTS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA--Table of Contents Subpart_Order Regulating Handling Sec. 984.13 To handle. To handle means to sell, consign, transport, or ship (except as a common or contract carrier of walnuts owned by another person), or in any other way to put walnuts, inshell or shelled, in the current of commerce either within the area of production or from such area to any point outside thereof, or for a manufacturer or retailer within the area of production to purchase directly from a grower: Except, that the term ``to handle'' shall not include sales and deliveries within the area of production by growers to handlers. [39 FR 35328, Oct. 1, 1974, as amended at 41 FR 31542, July 29, 1976]