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7 U.S.C. § 183 — When transaction deemed in commerce; “State” defined
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For the purpose of this chapter (but not in anywise limiting the definition in [section 182 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section182&num=0&edition=prelim)) a transaction in respect to any article shall be considered to be in commerce if such article is part of that current of commerce usual in the livestock and meat-packing industries, whereby livestock, meats, meat food products, livestock products, dairy products, poultry, poultry products, or eggs, are sent from one State with the expectation that they will end their transit, after purchase, in another, including, in addition to cases within the above general description, all cases where purchase or sale is either for shipment to another State, or for slaughter of livestock within the State and the shipment outside the State of the products resulting from such slaughter. Articles normally in such current of commerce shall not be considered out of such current through resort being had to any means or device intended to remove transactions in respect thereto from the provisions of this chapter. For the purpose of this section the word “State” includes Territory, the District of Columbia, possession of the United States, and foreign nation.
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For the purpose of this chapter (but not in anywise limiting the definition in [section 182 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section182&num=0&edition=prelim)) a transaction in respect to any article shall be considered to be in commerce if such article is part of that current of commerce usual in the livestock and meat-packing industries, whereby livestock, meats, meat food products, livestock products, dairy products, poultry, poultry products, or eggs, are sent from one State with the expectation that they will end their transit, after purchase, in another, including, in addition to cases within the above general description, all cases where purchase or sale is either for shipment to another State, or for slaughter of livestock within the State and the shipment outside the State of the products resulting from such slaughter. Articles normally in such current of commerce shall not be considered out of such current through resort being had to any means or device intended to remove transactions in respect thereto from the provisions of this chapter. For the purpose of this section the word “State” includes Territory, the District of Columbia, possession of the United States, and foreign nation.
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When used in this chapter—
(1) The term “person” includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, and associations;
(2) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture;
(3) The term “meat food products” means all products and byproducts of the slaughtering and meat-packing industry—if edible;
(4) The term “livestock” means cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats—whether live or dead;
(5) The term “livestock products” means all products and byproducts (other than meats and meat food products) of the slaughtering and meat-packing industry derived in whole or in part from livestock;
(6) The term “poultry” means chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and other domestic fowl;
(7) The term “poultry product” means any product or byproduct of the business of slaughtering poultry and processing poultry after slaughter;
(8) The term “poultry grower” means any person engaged in the business of raising and caring for live poultry for slaughter by another, whether the poultry is owned by such person or by another, but not an employee of the owner of such poultry;
(9) The term “poultry growing arrangement” means any growout contract, marketing agreement, or other arrangement under which a poultry grower raises and cares for live poultry for delivery, in accord with another’s instructions, for slaughter;
(10) The term “live poultry dealer” means any person engaged in the business of obtaining live poultry by purchase or under a poultry growing arrangement for the purpose of either slaughtering it or selling it for slaughter by another, if poultry is obtained by such person in commerce, or if poultry obtained by such person is sold or shipped in commerce, or if poultry products from poultry obtained by such person are sold or shipped in commerce; and
(11) The term “
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 183
(14) SWINE PRODUCTION CONTRACT GROWER.—
The term ‘‘swine production contract grower’’
means any person engaged in the business of
raising and caring for swine in accordance
with the instructions of another person.
(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title I, § 2(a), 42 Stat. 159;
Pub. L. 94–410, § 3(c), Sept. 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 1249;
Pub. L. 100–173, § 2, Nov. 23, 1987, 101 Stat. 917;
Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10502(a), May 13, 2002,
116 Stat. 509.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section is composed of subsec. (a) of section 2 of act
Aug. 15, 1921. Subsec. (b) of section 2 is classified to sec-
tion 183 of this title.
AMENDMENTS
2002—Pars. (12) to (14). Pub. L. 107–171 added pars. (12)
to (14).
1987—Pars. (6) to (11). Pub. L. 100–173 added pars. (6)
to (10) and redesignated former par. (6) as (11).
1976—Pars. (4), (5). Pub. L. 94–410 substituted ‘‘live-
stock’’ for ‘‘live stock’’ in par. (4) and for ‘‘live-stock’’
in par. (5).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1987 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 100–173, § 12, Nov. 23, 1987, 101 Stat. 923, pro-
vided that: ‘‘This Act and the amendments made by
this Act [enacting sections 197 and 228b–1 to 228b–4 of
this title, amending this section and sections 192, 209,
221, 223, 227, and 228a of this title, repealing sections 218
to 218d of this title, and enacting provisions set out as
notes under sections 181 and 227 of this title] shall take
effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act [Nov. 23, 1987].’’
SAVINGS PROVISION
Pub. L. 94–410, § 10, Sept. 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 1252, pro-
vided that: ‘‘Pending proceedings shall not be abated by
reason of any provision of this Act [enacting sections
196 and 228a to 228c of this title and amending this sec-
tion and
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