### Question
What does first purchaser mean?


### Answer
**First purchaser** has the following meaning in *7 U.S.C. § 7271*:

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

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 7271*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 100-AGRICULTURAL MARKET TRANSITION > SUBCHAPTER IV-OTHER COMMODITIES > Part B-Peanuts and Sugar**

