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7 U.S.C. § 192 — Unlawful practices enumerated
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It shall be unlawful for any packer or swine contractor with respect to livestock, meats, meat food products, or livestock products in unmanufactured form, or for any live poultry dealer with respect to live poultry, to:
**(a)** Engage in or use any unfair, unjustly discriminatory, or deceptive practice or device; or
**(b)** Make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person or locality in any respect, or subject any particular person or locality to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect; or
**(c)** Sell or otherwise transfer to or for any other packer, swine contractor, or any live poultry dealer, or buy or otherwise receive from or for any other packer, swine contractor, or any live poultry dealer, any article for the purpose or with the effect of apportioning the supply between any such persons, if such apportionment has the tendency or effect of restraining commerce or of creating a monopoly; or
**(d)** Sell or otherwise transfer to or for any other person, or buy or otherwise receive from or for any other person, any article for the purpose or with the effect of manipulating or controlling prices, or of creating a monopoly in the acquisition of, buying, selling, or dealing in, any article, or of restraining commerce; or
**(e)** Engage in any course of business or do any act for the purpose or with the effect of manipulating or controlling prices, or of creating a monopoly in the acquisition of, buying, selling, or dealing in, any article, or of restraining commerce; or
**(f)** Conspire, combine, agree, or arrange with any other person (1) to apportion territory for carrying on business, or (2) to apportion purchases or sales of any article, or (3) to manipulate or control prices; or
**(g)** Con
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It shall be unlawful for any packer or swine contractor with respect to livestock, meats, meat food products, or livestock products in unmanufactured form, or for any live poultry dealer with respect to live poultry, to:
**(a)** Engage in or use any unfair, unjustly discriminatory, or deceptive practice or device; or
**(b)** Make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person or locality in any respect, or subject any particular person or locality to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect; or
**(c)** Sell or otherwise transfer to or for any other packer, swine contractor, or any live poultry dealer, or buy or otherwise receive from or for any other packer, swine contractor, or any live poultry dealer, any article for the purpose or with the effect of apportioning the supply between any such persons, if such apportionment has the tendency or effect of restraining commerce or of creating a monopoly; or
**(d)** Sell or otherwise transfer to or for any other person, or buy or otherwise receive from or for any other person, any article for the purpose or with the effect of manipulating or controlling prices, or of creating a monopoly in the acquisition of, buying, selling, or dealing in, any article, or of restraining commerce; or
**(e)** Engage in any course of business or do any act for the purpose or with the effect of manipulating or controlling prices, or of creating a monopoly in the acquisition of, buying, selling, or dealing in, any article, or of restraining commerce; or
**(f)** Conspire, combine, agree, or arrange with any other person (1) to apportion territory for carrying on business, or (2) to apportion purchases or sales of any article, or (3) to manipulate or control prices; or
**(g)** Conspire, combine, agree, or arrange with any other person to do, or aid or abet the doing of, any act made unlawful by subdivisions (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e).
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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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The purpose of this subchapter is to establish a program of information regarding the marketing of cattle, swine, lambs, and products of such livestock that—
(1) provides information that can be readily understood by producers, packers, and other market participants, including information with respect to the pricing, contracting for purchase, and supply and demand conditions for livestock, livestock production, and livestock products;
(2) improves the price and supply reporting services of the Department of Agriculture; and
(3) encourages competition in the marketplace for livestock and livestock products.
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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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