[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: 7CFR989]

[Page 617]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 989_RAISINS PRODUCED FROM GRAPES GROWN IN CALIFORNIA--Table of
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  989.14  Packer.

    Packer means any person who, within the area, stems, sorts, cleans, 
or seeds raisins, grades stemmed raisins, or packages raisins for market 
as raisins: Provided, That:
    (a) No producer with respect to the raisins produced by him, and no 
group of producers with respect to raisins produced by the producers 
comprising the group, and not otherwise a packer, shall be deemed a 
packer if he or it sorts or cleans (with or without water) such raisins 
in their unstemmed form;
    (b) Any dehydrator shall be deemed to be a packer, with respect to 
raisins dehydrated by him, only if he stems, cleans with water 
subsequent to such dehydration, seeds or packages them for market as 
raisin;
    (c) The committee may, with the approval of the Secretary restrict 
the exceptions as to permitted cleaning if necessary to cause delivery 
of sound raisins; and
    (d) No person shall be deemed a packer by reason of the fact he 
repackages for market (with or without additional preparation) packed 
raisins which, in the hands of a previous holder, have been inspected 
and certified as meeting the applicable minimum grade standards for 
packed raisins.

[32 FR 12158, Aug. 24, 1967]