7 CFR § 1007.12

7 CFR · Agriculture

§ 1007.12 — Producer.

7 CFR § 1007.12

TitleTitle 7: Agriculture PartPart 1007: Milk in the Southeast Marketing Area

SourceeCFR (current through Apr 9, 2026)

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7 C.F.R. § 1007.12 (2026).

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§ 1007.12 Producer.

(a)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 (or components of milk) is:

(1)Received at a pool plant directly from the producer or diverted by the plant operator in accordance with § 1007.13; or

(2)Received by a handler described in § 1000.9(c).

(b)Producer shall not include:

(1)A producer-handler as defined in any Federal order;

(2)A dairy farmer whose milk is received at an exempt plant, excluding producer milk diverted to the exempt plant pursuant to § 1007.13(d);

(3)A dairy farmer whose milk is received by diversion at a pool plant from a handler regulated under another Federal order if the other Fe

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§ 1007.12 Producer.

(a) 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 (or components of milk) is:

(1) Received at a pool plant directly from the producer or diverted by the plant operator in accordance with § 1007.13; or

(2) Received by a handler described in § 1000.9(c).

(b) Producer shall not include:

(1) A producer-handler as defined in any Federal order;

(2) A dairy farmer whose milk is received at an exempt plant, excluding producer milk diverted to the exempt plant pursuant to § 1007.13(d);

(3) 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

(4) 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.