[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 29, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 29CFR780.151]



[Page 534-535]

 

                             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--Table 

of Contents

 

                 Subpart B_General Scope of Agriculture

 

Sec.  780.151  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;



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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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