7-U.S.C.-191

§191 – “packer” Defined

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Title 7 > Chapter 9 > Subchapter II > Part A > Section 191

Details

• Reference: Section 191
• Legend: §191 – “packer” Defined
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

When used in this chapter the term packer” means any person engaged in the business (a) of buying livestock in commerce for purposes of slaughter, or (b) of manufacturing or preparing meats or meat food products for sale or shipment in commerce, or (c) of marketing meats, meat food products, or livestock products in an unmanufactured form acting as a wholesale broker, dealer, or distributor in commerce.

(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title II, §201, 42 Stat. 160; Pub. L. 94–410, §2, Sept. 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 1249.)

Amendments

1976—Pub. L. 94–410 substituted definition of packer” for former definition which included provisions dealing with direct or indirect control of specified businesses through stock ownership or otherwise.

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