[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: 7CFR987]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 987_DOMESTIC DATES PRODUCED OR PACKED IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY, 
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  987.47  Surplus.

    All cull dates and all substandard dates, including such dates 
blended with varieties within the generic term dates not regulated by 
this part, except any utility dates released to human consumption 
outlets pursuant to Sec.  987.56, are surplus dates of any crop year. No 
handler shall ship or deliver such surplus dates to other than the 
Committee or its designee(s) for disposition in eligible outlets for 
such dates, except that any producer or handler may dispose of any such 
surplus dates of his own production within his own livestock feeding 
operations. Surplus dates delivered to the Committee shall be disposed 
of by it, in those outlets specified in Sec.  987.56, at the best prices 
attainable and the proceeds returned pro rata, after deduction of 
Committee costs, to equity holders. The Committee may assist handlers 
with the cleaning, storage, or delivery of surplus dates and may, with 
the approval of the Secretary, establish rules and regulations necessary 
and incidental to administration of this regulation.

[27 FR 6818, July 19, 1962, as amended at 43 FR 4251, Feb. 1, 1978]

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