Code of Federal Regulations Title 7. Agriculture § 7.983.14 Handle

(a) Receiving pistachios;

(b) Hulling and drying pistachios;

(c) Further preparing pistachios by sorting, sizing, shelling, roasting, cleaning, salting, and/or packaging for marketing in or transporting to any and all markets in the current of interstate or foreign commerce;  and/or

(d) Placing pistachios into the current of commerce from within the production area to points outside thereof:  Provided, however, that transportation within the production area between handlers and from the orchard to the processing facility is not handling.