Potential Impacts of the Proposed Ban on Packer Ownership and Feeding of Livestock
By Sparks Companies, Inc. - The Livestock Packer Ban amendment plans to make it unlawful for meatpackers to own, feed or control livestock for more than 14 days prior to slaughter. Cooperatives, or entities owned by them, would be exempt if a majority of the ownership interest in the cooperative is held by active cooperative members who own, feed or control livestock and provide them to the cooperative for slaughter. The amendment also would exempt packers who slaughter less than two percent of annual slaughter of each type of livestock. This is a study of the potential impacts of this Amendment, and our article provides a (very) brief overview of the findings and a link to the full report.
20 March 2002
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