Food & Agr. Code, § 78626 · Article 2. Definitions

Food & Agr. Code, § 78626

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“Handle” means to engage in the operation of selling, marketing, or distributing fresh market tomatoes that have been produced, or purchased or acquired from a producer, or which are marketed on behalf of a producer, whether as owner, agent, employee, broker, or otherwise, but shall not include retailing except for fresh market tomatoes not previously subject to this chapter.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 210, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC&sectionNum=78626.
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