§ 1065.9 - Handler.

Handler means:

(a) Any person who operates a pool plant. In case a corporation with recognized divisions which are operated as separate business units operates two or more pool plants, each such division shall be the handler with respect to the pool plant(s) it operates;

(b) Any cooperative association with respect to milk of its member producers which is diverted pursuant to § 1065.13 for the account of such association;

(c) A cooperative association with respect to milk of its member producers which is delivered from the farm to the pool plant of another handler in a tank truck owned and operated by, or under contract to, such cooperative association. The milk shall be deemed to have been received from producers by the cooperative association at the location of the plant to which it is delivered. Milk delivered pursuant to this paragraph shall not include milk of its member producers diverted to pool plants by the association as a handler pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section;

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

(e) A producer-handler; and

(f) Any person who operates an other order plant described in § 1065.7(d).