Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§228b–1 Final date for making payment to cash seller or poultry grower
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 9— - PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 228b–1
Summary
Live poultry dealers must pay cash sellers the full amount by the end of the next business day after purchase. If the birds come from a poultry growing arrangement, dealers must pay the full amount by the end of the fifteenth day after the slaughter week. Trying to delay getting or paying these funds is an “unfair practice.” A cash sale means the seller does not expressly extend credit to the buyer.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §228b–1
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(a)Each live poultry dealer obtaining live poultry by purchase in a cash sale shall, before the close of the next business day following the purchase of poultry, and each live poultry dealer obtaining live poultry under a poultry growing arrangement shall, before the close of the fifteenth day following the week in which the poultry is slaughtered, deliver, to the cash seller or poultry grower from whom such live poultry dealer obtains the poultry, the full amount due to such cash seller or poultry grower on account of such poultry.
(b)Any delay or attempt to delay, by a live poultry dealer which is a party to any such transaction, the collection of funds as herein provided, or otherwise for the purpose of or resulting in extending the normal period of payment for poultry obtained by poultry growing arrangement or purchased in a cash sale, shall be considered an “unfair practice” in violation of this chapter. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to limit the meaning of the term “unfair practice” as used in this chapter.
(c)For the purpose of this section, a cash sale means a sale in which the seller does not expressly extend credit to the buyer.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 410 of act Aug. 15, 1921, was renumbered section 414 and is classified to section 228c of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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–1
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73