Exhibit 617

Inclusive Competition and Market Integrity Under the Packers and Stockyards Act (89 FR 16092)

Exhibit 617 · Federal Register final rule

Inclusive Competition and Market Integrity Under the Packers and Stockyards Act (89 FR 16092)

The purpose of this rule is to promote inclusive competition and market integrity in the livestock, meats, poultry, and live poultry markets.

Biden-administration final rule (effective 6 May 2024) prohibiting undue prejudice and unjust discrimination on a prohibited basis, identifying retaliation as unjust discrimination, and identifying deceptive practices in contract formation, performance, termination and refusal. No later Federal Register action rescinding it was found in a search of documents published after 20 January 2025.

Source: USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
Date: 6 March 2024
Quoted from: Federal Register abstract (Summary)
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-03-06/pdf/2024-04419.pdf
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding AGR-5.3: Primary record USDA rules defining unfair practices under the Packers and Stockyards Act were proposed in 2010, limited by a 2011 appropriations rider, issued in 2016, withdrawn in 2017, finalized in 2020, expanded in 2024 and, for broiler grower payments, delayed in 2026 to December 31, 2027. Administrations and Congresses of both parties acted at each step, and White Houses of both parties described meat processing as insufficiently competitive in January 2022 and September 2026.