§ 1076.9 - Handler.

Handler means:

(a) Any person in his capacity as the operator of one or more pool plants;

(b) Any cooperative association with respect to the milk of producers diverted by the association for the account of such association pursuant to § 1076.13;

(c) Any cooperative association with respect to milk that it receives for its account from the farm of a producer which is delivered to a pool plant in a tank truck owned and operated by, or under the control of, such cooperative association. If the milk is delivered to the pool plant of another handler, the plant operator may be the handler for such milk if both the cooperative association and the operator of the pool plant notify the market administrator prior to the time that such milk is delivered to the pool plant that the plant operator will purchase such 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; and

(f) Any person who operates an other order plant described in § 1076.7(d).