CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER IX—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (parts 900 to 999) > PART 927—PEARS GROWN IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON > SUBPART —Order Regulating Handling (§927.1 to §927.80) > 927.1—Secretary.

927.1—Secretary.

Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, or any officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture who has been delegated, or to whom authority may hereafter be delegated, the authority to act for the Secretary.