[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 7, Volume 10] [Revised as of January 1, 2008] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 7CFR1219.9] [Page 162] TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE CHAPTER XI--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 1219_HASS AVOCADO PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND INFORMATION--Table of Contents Subpart A_Hass Avocado Promotion, Research, and Information Order Sec. 1219.9 First handler. First handler means a person operating in the Hass avocado marketing system that sells domestic or imported Hass avocados for consumption in the United States and who is responsible for remitting assessments to the Board. For the purposes of the Order, the term means the first person who handles Hass avocados for sale (except a common or contract carrier of Hass avocados owned by another person), including a producer who handles Hass avocados for sale of the producer's own production.