§182 Definitions

Summary

Defines key words used in the chapter. Person means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association. Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture. Meat food products are any edible products or byproducts from slaughtering and meat‑packing. Livestock means cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats, alive or dead. Livestock products are products or byproducts from those animals, other than meats. Poultry means chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and other domestic fowl. Poultry product is any product or byproduct from slaughtering or processing poultry. Poultry grower is someone who raises live poultry for another person to slaughter, but not an employee of the bird owner. Poultry growing arrangement is a growout contract, marketing agreement, or similar deal where the grower follows another’s instructions. Live poultry dealer is a person who obtains live poultry to slaughter or sell for slaughter when the birds or their products move in commerce. Commerce means trade that crosses State, Territory, possession, or District of Columbia lines, or that moves between two points in the same State by going through a place outside it, or trade within a Territory, possession, or the District of Columbia. Swine contractor is a person who gets swine under a swine production contract to slaughter or sell for slaughter when the swine or their products move in commerce. Swine production contract is a growout contract or similar agreement where a grower raises swine under another’s instructions. Swine production contract grower is a person who raises and cares for swine under another’s instructions.