PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ACT

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: place moratorium on large concentrated animal feeding operations, strengthen Packers and Stockyards Act, and require country-of-origin labeling on meat and dairy products (see S. 271), S230 [2FE] (see H.R. 797), H678 [2FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: amend certain regulations to clarify that livestock auction owners may have interest in small meat packing businesses (see H.R. 530), H426 [26JA]

——— establish Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters (see S. 346), S311 [9FE]

——— make unlawful acquisitions that would create monopolies in meatpacking industry (see S. 2818), S4525 [14SE]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Agriculture: amend certain regulations to clarify that livestock auction owners may have interest in small meat packing businesses (H.R. 530), H471 [27JA]