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[CITE: 7USC198]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                    CHAPTER 9--PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS
 
                    SUBCHAPTER II--PACKERS GENERALLY
 
                Part B--Swine Packer Marketing Contracts
 
Sec. 198. Definitions

    Except as provided in section 198b(a) of this title, in this part:

                             (1) Market

        The term ``market'' means the sale or disposition of swine, 
    pork, or pork products in commerce.

                             (2) Packer

        The term ``packer'' has the meaning given the term in section 
    1635i of this title.

                              (3) Pork

        The term ``pork'' means the meat of a porcine animal.

                          (4) Pork product

        The term ``pork product'' means a product or byproduct produced 
    or processed in whole or in part from pork.

                              (5) State

        The term ``State'' means each of the 50 States.

                              (6) Swine

        The term ``swine'' means a porcine animal raised to be a feeder 
    pig, raised for seedstock, or raised for slaughter.

                        (7) Type of contract

        The term ``type of contract'' means the classification of 
    contracts or risk management agreements for the purchase of swine 
    by--
            (A) the mechanism used to determine the base price for swine 
        committed to a packer, grouped into practicable classifications 
        by the Secretary (including swine or pork market formula 
        purchases, other market formula purchases, and other purchase 
        arrangements); and
            (B) the presence or absence of an accrual account or ledger 
        that must be repaid by the producer or packer that receives the 
        benefit of the contract pricing mechanism in relation to 
        negotiated prices.

                           (8) Other terms

        Except as provided in this part, a term has the meaning given 
    the term in section 1635a or 1635i of this title.

(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title II, Sec. 221, as added Pub. L. 106-78, 
title IX, Sec. 934(2), Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1208.)

                         Termination of Section

        For termination of section by section 942 of Pub. L. 106-78, see 
    Livestock Mandatory Reporting note set out under section 1635 of 
    this title.


                            Termination Date

    Part to terminate 5 years after Oct. 22, 1999, see section 942 of 
Pub. L. 106-78, set out in a Livestock Mandatory Reporting note under 
section 1635 of this title.
