---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 989.14"
title: "7"
number: "989.14"
heading: "Packer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/989.14"
---

# §989.14. Packer.


Packer means any person who, within the area, stems, sorts, cleans, or seeds raisins, grades stemmed raisins, or packages raisins for market as raisins: Provided, That:

- (a) No producer with respect to the raisins produced by him, and no group of producers with respect to raisins produced by the producers comprising the group, and not otherwise a packer, shall be deemed a packer if he or it sorts or cleans (with or without water) such raisins in their unstemmed form;
- (b) Any dehydrator shall be deemed to be a packer, with respect to raisins dehydrated by him, only if he stems, cleans with water subsequent to such dehydration, seeds or packages them for market as raisin;
- (c) The Committee may, with the approval of the Secretary restrict the exceptions as to permitted cleaning if necessary to cause delivery of sound raisins; and
- (d) No person shall be deemed a packer by reason of the fact he repackages for market (with or without additional preparation) packed raisins which, in the hands of a previous holder, have been inspected and certified as meeting the applicable minimum grade standards for packed raisins.

## Notes

### Amendments

[32 FR 12158, Aug. 24, 1967]

### Source

Source: 25 FR 12813, Dec. 14, 1960; 27 FR 2506, Mar. 16, 1962, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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

### Amendments

[32 FR 12158, Aug. 24, 1967]