§ 979.106 - Registered handler.

For purposes of this part, a registered handler is a person who has adequate facilities for packing melons for market and who assumes initial responsibility for compliance with inspection, assessment, and other regulatory requirements on the handling of melons grown in the production area. Any person who wishes to become a registered handler shall make application for registration with the committee on forms furnished by the committee. If such applicant has facilities available which are determined by the committee as adequate for the packing of melons, such person may be approved as a registered handler. Growers who make deliveries of fieldrun melons to such registered handlers are hereby determined to be exempt from otherwise applicable regulations pursuant to this part.