### Question
Can you define what first purchaser means?


### Answer
**First purchaser** is defined as the following in *7 U.S.C. § 1445c*:

> a person acquiring peanuts from a producer except that in the case of peanuts forfeited by a producer to the Commodity Credit Corporation, such term means the person acquiring the peanuts from the Commodity Credit Corporation

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 1445c*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 34-SUGAR PRODUCTION AND CONTROL > SUBCHAPTER II-BASIC AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES**

