§ 1049.9 - Handler.

Handler means:

(a) Any person in his capacity as the operator of a pool plant;

(b) Any cooperative association with respect to producer milk diverted for the account of such association pursuant to § 1049.13;

(c) Any cooperative association with respect to milk it receives for its account from the farm of a producer in a tank truck owned and operated by, or under the control of, such association, for delivery to a pool plant operated by another person, unless both the cooperative association and the operator of the pool plant notify the market administrator that the plant operator will be responsible for payment for the milk and is purchasing the milk on the basis of weights determined from its measurement at the farm and butterfat tests determined from farm bulk tank samples. Milk for which the cooperative association is the handler pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed to have been received by the cooperative association at the location of the pool plant to which such milk is delivered.

(d) Any person who operates a partially regulated distributing plant;

(e) A producer-handler; or

(f) Any person who operates an other order plant described in § 1049.7(c).