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 985—MARKETING ORDER REGULATING THE HANDLING OF SPEARMINT OIL PRODUCED IN THE FAR WEST > SUBPART —Order Regulating Handling (§985.1 to §985.74) > 985.8—Handle.

985.8—Handle.

Handle means to prepare oil for market, acquire oil from a producer, use oil commercially of own production, or sell, transport, or ship (except as a common or contract carrier of oil owned by another), or otherwise place oil into the current of commerce within the production area or from the area to points outside thereof: Provided, That:
(a) The preparation for market of salable oil by producers who are not dealers or users,
(b) The sale or transportation of salable oil by a producer to a handler of record within the production area, or
(c) The transfer of excess oil by the producer to another producer to enable that producer to fill a deficiency in an annual allotment, or
(d) The delivery of excess oil by the producer to the Committee or its designees, shall not be construed as handling.