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to sun-drying or artificial dehydration.
It is concluded, therefore, that the term raisins should be defined to mean any raisin variety grapes from which a part of the natural moisture has been re moved by sun-drying or artificial de hydration after such grapes have been removed from the vines.
The types of bleached raisins include those which are generally known as soda dipped and sulfur bleached raisins, and Valencia Muscat raisins. Some of these are produced by soda dipping, either with or without the use of oil, and they are either sun-dried or artificially dehy drated. Others are produced by both soda dipping and sulfuring, and they are always sun-dried. Therefore, it is con cluded that the proposed definition of the term bleached raisins should be defined to cover i any raisins which have been produced by soda dipping, with or without oil, whether sun-dried or artificially dehydrated, or ii any raisins which have been produced by soda dip ping, sulfuring, and sun-drying.
It is concluded that the term Golden Bleached raisins, which is generally considered by the trade as a type of bleached raisin which is in a separate and distinct category from bleached rai sins generally, should be defined to mean raisins, the production of which includes soda dipping, sulfuring, and artificial de hydration. Golden Bleached raisins are produced in those counties where weather conditions make production of raisins by sun-drying hazardous, prima rily in Merced, Stanislaus, and San Joa quin Counties. The production methods differ principally from those described in ii of the proposed definition of bleached raisins in that the production of Golden Bleached raisins includes arti ficial dehydration rather than sun drying.
The term natural condition raisins should be defined to mean raisins, the production of which includes sun-drying or artificial dehydration, with or without bleaching, but which have not been fur ther processed to a point where they meet the conditions for packed raisins.
The principal purpose of the definition is ta distinguish raisins in their natural condition form from packed raisins.
This distinction is necessary in the re serve and surplus pooling provisions re lating to handlers deliveries of raisins, either as natural condition raisins or as packed raisins. The term is intended to describe the condition of raisins at the time they are delivered to handlers by producers. Production of natural con dition raisins includes functions in ad dition to sun-drying and drying by artificial heat. For example, raisins may be bleached. Further, they may be put in sweat boxes in which they are gener ally delivered to handlers after sun drying or dehydration to obtain greater uniformity of moisture content. -The term natural condition raisins is well understood in the raisin industry and the proposed definition conforms with this general understanding.
The term packed raisins should be defined to mean raisins which have been stemmed, graded, sorted, cleaned, or seeded, and placed in any container cus tomarily used in the marketing of raisins No. 109------2

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or in any container suitable or usable for ducers. Evidence indicates also that the such marketing. In general, the term term producer should be limited to packed raisins signifies raisins which those persons who have an ownership or are ready to move in trade channels for proprietary interest in the production of human consumption. The operation raisin variety grapes. In view of the used to produce packed raisins vary de foregoing, it is concluded that the term pending on the varietal types, the m ar producer should be defined as meaning keting containers, and the requirements any person engaged, in a proprietary of different users. It is not intended capacity, in the production of raisin that all of the steps outlined in this defi variety grapes.
nition be performed for the raisins to The term dehydrator should be de qualify as packed raisins. It is intended fined to mean any person who produces that the performance of any one or more raisins by dehydrating raisin variety of the preparatory steps, together with grapes by means of artificial heat. The packaging, will bring the raisins into the term is used in those provisions of the category of packed raisins. Many dif order, relating to the advisory board and ferent types of containers are used in the administrativQsiCommittee. For rea packing raisins for movement into mar sons stated in the discussion of the term keting channelsNand it is necessary that handler, it is not intended that a dehy the proposed definition cover raisins that drator, in his capacity as a dehydrator are placed in any container customarily only, will be considered as a handler.
used in the marketing of raisins or any The term processor should be defined container which may be used for such to mean any person who acquires natural marketing.
condition raisins and uses them within The term varietal type should be de the area, with or without other ingredi fined to mean natural sun-dried ents, in the production of a product, Thompson Seedless, natural sun-dried other than raisins, for market or distri Muscat, natural sun-dried Sultana, bution. Natural condition raisins are natural sun-dried Zante Currant, ar used in making wine, brandy, and syrup, tificially dehydrated Sultana, artificially and may be used in making confectionery dehydrated Zante Currant, Layer Mus products, bakery goods, or other bever cat, Golden Bleached, Sulfur Bleached, ages. It is necessary that the persons Soda Dipped, or Valencia raisins. The procuring natural condition raisins fo?
need for defining the term arises from these purposes be defined, as otherwise the order provisions which would permit these disposal channels for such raisins firing separately for each varietal type, would not be covered by the order.
The term pack was proposed to be the percentage thereof which would de termine, respectively, the free, reserve, defined as meaning to perform the func and surplus tonnages of each varietal tion of a packer. The definition of the type. The definition is intended to in term packer, however, includes the clude the different types and varieties of .functions performed by such person.
raisins produced in the area. The defini Therefore, the definition of the term tion has been changed from that pro pack should be deleted since it would posed at the háring by the addition of serve no useful purpose in provisions of three other varietal types which are pro the order.
The term packer should be defined duced in the area, namely, artificially de to mean any person who acquires n at hydrated Sultana, natural sun-dried Zante Currant, and artificially dehy ural condition raisins and within the drated Zante Currant.
area stems, grades, sorts, cleans, or seeds The term producer was proposed to them, and packages them for market as be defined to mean any person engaged raisins. The generally accepted mean in the business of producing raisins. A ing of the term packer is one who han definition of producer is necessary in dles natural condition raisins and pre connection with determining the eligi pares them for distribution as raisins bility to participate in voting for the through regular marketing channels, as nominees for members and alternate distinguished from a person, defined in members of the advisory board. The the proposal as a processor, who ac definition should be changed to cover quires natural condition raisins for use any person who is engaged in the busi in the manufacture of a different prod ness of producing raisin variety grapes. uct. These two classes of persons, From 55 to 75 percent of the total pro namely, packers and processors, would duction of raisin variety grapes is used be handlers subject to regulation under in the producetion of raisins. However, the order. The setting aside of reserve producers of raisin variety grapes may, and surplus raisins would be accom and often do, dispose of their grapes in plished by them when they first acquire one or more of the three principal out the natural condition raisins. When a lets, depending on which appears most person acquires such raisins, performs likely to offer the greatest returns. any one of the functions of grading, Thus, many producerswho disposed of stemming, sorting, cleaning or seeding their grape crops one year for table use raisins, and, in addition thereto, pack as grapes or for crushing, could decide ages them for market, he would, be a in a subsequent year to convert their packer.
grapes into raisins, or vice versa. In term handler should be defined view of this, and particularly since the to The mean any processor or packer, or any raisin producers vary from year to year, most producers of raisin variety grapes person who ships natural condition are potential if not actual producers raisins out of the area. Processors and of raisins, and, therefore, producers of , packers aVe two classes of persons which raisin variety grapes are considered as acquire raisins from producers, process having such an interest in the order as such raisins, and dispose of them to the to warrant the inclusion of them as pro public, either as raisins or as another