§1033.12. Producer.
7 C.F.R. § 1033.12
Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, producer means any person who produces milk approved by a duly constituted regulatory agency for fluid consumption as Grade A milk and whose milk is:
Received at a pool plant directly from the producer or diverted by the plant operator in accordance with § 1033.13; or
Received by a handler described in § 1033.9(c).
Producer shall not include:
A producer-handler as defined in any Federal order;
A dairy farmer whose milk is received at an exempt plant, excluding producer milk diverted to the exempt plant pursuant to § 1033.13(d);
A dairy farmer whose milk is received by diversion at a pool plant from a handler regulated under another Federal order if the other Federal order designates the dairy farmer as a producer under that order and that milk is allocated by request to a utilization other than Class I; and
A dairy farmer whose milk is reported as diverted to a plant fully regulated under another Federal order with respect to that portion of the milk so diverted that is assigned to Class I under the provisions of such other order.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Authority
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601-674, and 7253.
Source
Source: 64 FR 47991, Sept. 1, 1999, unless otherwise noted.