{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-983.14","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 983.14","heading":"Handle.","body":"Handle means to engage in:\n(a) Receiving pistachios;\n(b) Hulling and drying pistachios;\n(c) Further preparing pistachios by sorting, sizing, shelling, roasting, cleaning, salting, and/or packaging for marketing in or transporting to any and all markets in the current of interstate or foreign commerce; and/or\n(d) Placing pistachios into the current of commerce from within the production area to points outside thereof: Provided, however, that transportation within the production area between handlers and from the orchard to the processing facility is not handling.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER IX—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","PART 983—PISTACHIOS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEW MEXICO","Subpart A—Order Regulating Handling"],"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":"1106bcc8ab9856daf3eaf34a1867f87d5983e83f6f827167156e2c84ae654c69","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-983.12","next":"us/7-cfr-983.15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}