{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-1223.7","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 1223.7","heading":"First handler.","body":"First handler means any person who receives, shells, cracks, accumulates, warehouses, roasts, packs, sells, consigns, transports, exports, or ships (except as a common or contract carrier of pecans owned by another person), or in any other way puts inshell or shelled pecans in the stream of commerce. The term first handler includes a producer who handles or markets pecans of the producer's own production.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER XI—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","PART 1223—PECAN PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND INFORMATION ORDER","Subpart A—Pecan Promotion, Research, and Information Order"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"0cc5b9128e7ad6c809f1d4159720c310426a8072ffdf3c53e2f64e20aefef8eb","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-1223.6","next":"us/7-cfr-1223.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}