§ 1064.9 - 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 which it causes to be diverted pursuant to § 1064.13 for the account of such cooperative association;

(c) Any cooperative association with respect to the milk of its producers which is received by the cooperative from the farm for delivery to the pool plant of another handler in a tank truck owned or operated by or under contract to such cooperative association if the cooperative association, prior to delivery, notifies the market administrator in writing that it will be the handler for the milk. Such milk shall be considered to have been received at the location of the pool plant to which delivery is made;

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

(e) A producer-handler;

(f) Any person who operates an other order plant that is either a distributing plant or a supply plant;

(g) Any person who operates an unregulated supply plant; and

(h) A State educational institution which operates either a nonpool distributing plant or supply plant.