29CFR780.780.151 - Particular operations on commodities.

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CFR
Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to U.S. Department of Labor

Title 29
Labor

Chapter V
Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor

Part 780
Exemptions Applicable to Agriculture, Processing of Agricultural Commodities, and Related Subjects Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

Subpart B
General Scope of Agriculture

29 CFR 780.151 - Particular operations on commodities.

Section Number: 780.151
Section Name: Particular operations on commodities.

    Subject to the rules heretofore discussed, the following activities 
are, among others, activities that may be performed in the ``preparation 
for market'' of the indicated commodities and may come within section 
3(f):
    (a) Grain, seed, and forage crops. Weighing, binning, stacking, 
drying, cleaning, grading, shelling, sorting, packing, and storing.
    (b) Fruits and vegetables. Assembling, ripening, cleaning, grading, 
sorting, drying, preserving, packing, and storing. (See In the Matter of 
J. J. Crosetti, 29 LRRM 1353, 98 NLRB 268; In the Matter of Imperial 
Garden Growers, 91 NLRB 1034, 26 LRRM 1632; Lenroot v. Hazelhurst 
Mercantitle Co., 59 F. Supp. 595; North Whittier Heights Citrus Ass'n v. 
NLRB, 109 F.2d 76; Dofflemeyer v. NLRB, 206 F.2d 813.)
    (c) Peanuts and nuts (pecans, walnuts, etc.). Grading, cracking, 
shelling, cleaning, sorting, packing, and storing.
    (d) Eggs. Handling, cooling, grading, candling, and packing.
    (e) Wool. Grading and packing.
    (f) Dairy products. Separating, cooling, packing, and storing.
    (g) Cotton. Weighing, ginning, and storing cotton; hulling, 
delinting, cleaning, sacking, and storing cottonseed.
    (h) Nursery stock. Handling, sorting, grading, trimming, bundling, 
storing, wrapping, and packing. (See Jordan v. Stark Brothers Nurseries, 
45 F. Supp. 769;
Mitchell v. Huntsville Nurseries, 267 F.2d 286.)
    (i) Tobacco. Handling, grading, drying, stripping from stalk, tying, 
sorting, storing, and loading.
    (j) Livestock. Handling and loading.
    (k) Poultry. Culling, grading, cooping, and loading.
    (l) Honey. Assembling, extracting, heating, ripening, straining, 
cleaning, grading, weighing, blending, packaging, and storing.
    (m) Fur. Removing the pelt, scraping, drying, putting on boards, and 
packing.

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