---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 982.101"
title: "7"
number: "982.101"
heading: "Grade requirements for shelled hazelnuts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/982.101"
---

# §982.101. Grade requirements for shelled hazelnuts.

- (a) Pursuant to [§ 982.45(a)](/cfr/7/982.45.md?p=a), no handler shall handle any shelled hazelnuts unless such hazelnuts meet the grade requirements for shelled hazelnuts as contained in exhibit A of this section.
- (b) Pursuant to §§ [982.50(a)](/cfr/7/982.50.md?p=a) and [982.51(b)](/cfr/7/982.51.md?p=b), a handler may declare and withhold shelled hazelnuts in lieu of merchantable hazelnuts in satisfaction of the handler's restricted obligation. Shelled hazelnuts so declared and withheld shall, in lieu of the standards prescribed in [§ 982.50(a)(3)](/cfr/7/982.50.md?p=a-3), meet the grade requirements contained in exhibit A of this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[47 FR 12611, Mar. 24, 1982, as amended at 48 FR 34015, July 27, 1983]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601-674.

### Source

Source: 24 FR 6185, Aug. 1, 1959, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 26 FR 12751, Dec. 30, 1961.

### Amendments

[47 FR 12611, Mar. 24, 1982, as amended at 48 FR 34015, July 27, 1983]