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§228b–4 Violation of final order by live poultry dealer; penalty

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 9— - PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 228b–4

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

A live poultry dealer, or any officer, director, agent, or employee of that dealer, must follow any order the Secretary issues under section 228b–2. Not following the order is a violation once the order becomes final. An order is final in three situations: (1) after the deadline to ask the appeals court to set aside or change the order passes with no petition filed; (2) after the appeals court has upheld the order and the deadline to ask the Supreme Court to review it passes with no review request filed; or (3) after the courts have upheld the order as described in section 228b–3.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §228b–4

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Any live poultry dealer, or any officer, director, agent, or employee of a live poultry dealer, who fails to obey any order of the Secretary issued under the provisions of section 228b–2 of this title, or such order as modified—
(1)after the expiration of the time allowed for filing a petition in the court of appeals to set aside or modify such order, if no such petition has been filed within such time;
(2)after the expiration of the time allowed for applying for a writ of certiorari, if such order, or such order as modified, has been sustained by the court of appeals and no such writ has been applied for within such time; or
(3)after such order, or such order as modified, has been sustained by the courts as provided in section 228b–3 of this title;

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Effective Date

Section effective 90 days after Nov. 23, 1987, see section 12 of Pub. L. 100–173, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1987 Amendment note under section 182 of this title.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 228b–4

Title 7Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73