§183 When Transaction Deemed in Commerce; “state” Defined

Summary

Treat a sale or shipment of livestock, meat, meat products, dairy, poultry, eggs, or related items as interstate commerce when those goods move in the normal flow of the livestock and meat-packing business from one State with the expectation they will end up in another after sale. It also covers sales made for shipment to another State and animals slaughtered in one State whose products are sent out. Tricks or devices meant to avoid these rules do not remove such transactions from coverage. State means a Territory, the District of Columbia, a U.S. possession, or a foreign nation.