USDA has announced it will begin work on three proposed rules to support enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act, the 100-year-old law that was originally designed to protect poultry, hog, cattle producer from unfair, deceptive, and anticompetitive practices in the meat markets.
USDA says it intends to propose a new rule that will provide greater clarity to strengthen enforcement of unfair practices, propose a new poultry grower tournament system rule, and will re-propose a rule to clarify that parties do not need to demonstrate harm to competition to bring an action under section 202a and 202b of the act.
