Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets

Docket Number: AMS-FTPP-21-0046
Comments Due: September 11. 2024

Summary

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is extending the public comment period an additional 15 days regarding proposed revisions to the regulations under the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, that promote fair and competitive markets in the livestock, meats, poultry, and live poultry markets.

Submit Comments

Following publication of the proposed rule in the Federal Register, interested persons are invited to submit comments concerning this notice by using the electronic process available at https://www.regulations.gov/ . All comments should reference the document number and the date and page number of this issue of the Federal Register. All comments submitted in response to this notice will be posted without change, including any personal information provided, at https://www.regulations.gov/ and will be included in the record and made available to the public.

Contact

S. Brett Offutt, Chief Legal Officer/Policy Advisor, Packers and Stockyards Division, USDA AMS Fair Trade Practices Program, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC  20250; Phone: (202) 690-4355; or email: s.brett.offutt@usda.gov.

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