Agricultural Products Handler Law and Legal Definition
(A) In general - The term "handler" means “any person engaged in the business or practice of (i) acquiring agricultural products from producers or associations of producers for processing or sale; or (ii) grading, packaging, handling, storing, or processing agricultural products received from producers or associations of producers; or (iii) contracting or negotiating contracts or other arrangements, written or oral, with or on behalf of producers or associations of producers with respect to the production or marketing of any agricultural product; or (iv) acting as an agent or broker for a handler in the performance of any function or act specified in clause (i), (ii), or (iii).”
(B) Exclusion - The term "handler" does not include “a person, other than a packer (as defined in section 201 of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 191)), that provides custom feeding services for a producer.” (7 USCS § 2302)
Legal Definition list
- Agricultural Product
- Agricultural Preservation Restrictions
- Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution
- Agricultural Marketing Service
- Agricultural Lien
- Agricultural Products Handler
- Agricultural Real Estate
- Agricultural Research Advisory Board
- Agricultural Research Service
- Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998
- Agricultural Resource
Related Legal Terms
- Acceptable Quality Level [Agricultural Marketing Service]
- Acceptance [Agricultural Marketing Service]
- Advertising of Fluid Milk Products
- Agricultural Activity
- Agricultural Adjustment Act
- Agricultural Adjustment Act, 1938
- Agricultural Aircraft Operation
- Agricultural Association
- Agricultural Biosecurity
- Agricultural Commodity
