{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-985.8","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 985.8","heading":"Handle.","body":"Handle means to prepare oil for market, acquire oil from a producer, use oil commercially of own production, or sell, transport, or ship (except as a common or contract carrier of oil owned by another), or otherwise place oil into the current of commerce within the production area or from the area to points outside thereof: Provided, That:\n(a) The preparation for market of salable oil by producers who are not dealers or users,\n(b) The sale or transportation of salable oil by a producer to a handler of record within the production area, or\n(c) The transfer of excess oil by the producer to another producer to enable that producer to fill a deficiency in an annual allotment, or\n(d) The delivery of excess oil by the producer to the Committee or its designees, shall not be construed as 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 985—MARKETING ORDER REGULATING THE HANDLING OF SPEARMINT OIL PRODUCED IN THE FAR WEST","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":"e78c7b1ccd5a4678a4ae46fdf51eaa336be915308149de04edb7ec227243d1a1","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-985.7","next":"us/7-cfr-985.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}