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[CITE: 7USC191]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                    CHAPTER 9--PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS
 
                    SUBCHAPTER II--PACKERS GENERALLY
 
                       Part A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 191. ``Packer'' defined

    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, Sec. 201, 42 Stat. 160; Pub. L. 94-
410, Sec. 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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 198b, 1636e of this title.
