### Question
What does first handler mean?


### Answer
**First handler** has the following meaning in *7 U.S.C. § 6102*:

> any person, as described in an order issued under this chapter, who receives or otherwise acquires mushrooms from a producer and prepares for marketing or markets such mushrooms, or who prepares for marketing or markets mushrooms of that person's own production

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 6102*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 90-MUSHROOM PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION**

