[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]

[Page 600]
 
                          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.  987.48  Container regulation.

    Whenever the Committee deems it advisable to establish a container 
regulation for any variety of dates, it shall recommend to the Secretary 
the size, capacity, weight, or pack of the container, or containers, 
which may be used in the handling or packaging of dates, or both. If the 
Secretary finds upon the basis of such recommendation or other 
information available to him that such container regulation would tend 
to effectuate the declared policy of the act he shall establish such 
regulation and notice thereof showing the effective date shall be sent 
by the Committee to all handlers of record. After the effective date of 
such regulation, no handler shall handle dates of such variety except in 
accordance with such regulation and all other applicable requirements in 
effect pursuant to this part.

                      Qualifications to Regulation