# 7 CFR § 900.353: Qualification standards

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-900.353

## Section

- **Citation:** 7 CFR § 900.353
- **Heading:** Qualification standards
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 7—Agriculture > Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER IX—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS › FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE > PART 900—GENERAL REGULATIONS > Subpart I—Procedure for Determining the Qualification of Cooperative Milk Marketing Associations

## Text

Statutory requirements for qualification of cooperative associations are provided in subsections (5) and (12) of section 608c of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). The association must: (a) Be a cooperative marketing association of producers, qualified under the provisions of the Act of Congress of February 18, 1922, as amended, known as the “Capper-Volstead Act,” (7 U.S.C. 291, 292); (b) have its entire organization and all of its activities under the control of its members; (c) have full authority in the sale of its members' milk; and (d) be engaged in making collective sales or marketing of milk or milk products for the producers thereof. Qualification for exemption from deductions for marketing service payments under specific marketing orders and payment for milk of members under specific orders shall be determined in accordance with the terms of the respective marketing orders.
[32 FR 9821, July 6, 1967, as amended at 88 FR 82231, Nov. 24, 2023]

## Nearby sections

- [7 CFR § 900.1 § 900.1 Words in the singular form.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-900.1.md)
- [7 CFR § 900.2 § 900.2 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-900.2.md)
- [7 CFR § 900.3 § 900.3 Proposals.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-900.3.md)
- [7 CFR § 900.4 § 900.4 Institution of proceeding.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-900.4.md)
- [7 CFR § 900.5 § 900.5 Docket number.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-900.5.md)
- [7 CFR § 900.6 § 900.6 Judges.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-900.6.md)
- [7 CFR § 900.7 § 900.7 Motions and requests.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-900.7.md)
- [7 CFR § 900.8 § 900.8 Conduct of the hearing.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-900.8.md)
- [7 CFR § 900.9 § 900.9 Oral and written arguments.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-900.9.md)
- [7 CFR § 900.10 § 900.10 Certification of the transcript.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-900.10.md)
- [7 CFR § 900.11 § 900.11 Copies of the transcript.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-900.11.md)
- [7 CFR § 900.12 § 900.12 Administrator's recommended decision.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-900.12.md)
- [7 CFR § 900.13 § 900.13 Submission to Secretary.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-900.13.md)
- [7 CFR § 900.13a § 900.13a Decision by Secretary.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-900.13a.md)

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