[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2, Parts 200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR201.100]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER II--GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION 
       (PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS PROGRAMS),DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 201--REGULATIONS UNDER THE PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 201.100  Records to be furnished poultry growers and sellers.

    (a) Contracts; contents. Each live poultry dealer who enters into a 
growout (feeding) contract with a poultry grower shall furnish the 
grower a true written copy of the contract, which shall clearly specify:
    (1) The duration of the contract and conditions for the termination 
of the contract by each of the parties; and
    (2) All terms relating to the payment to be made to the poultry 
grower, including among others, where applicable, the following:
    (i) The party liable for condemnations, including those resulting 
from plant errors;
    (ii) The method for figuring feed conversion ratios;
    (iii) The formula or method used to convert condemnations to live 
weight;
    (iv) The per unit charges for feed and other inputs furnished by 
each party; and
    (v) The factors to be used when grouping or ranking poultry growers.
    (b) Settlement sheets; contents; supporting documents. Each live 
poultry dealer, who acquires poultry pursuant to a contract with a 
poultry grower, shall prepare a true and accurate settlement sheet 
(final accounting) and furnish a copy thereof to the poultry grower at 
the time of settlement. The settlement sheet shall contain all 
information necessary to compute the payment due the poultry grower. For 
all such arrangements in which the weight of birds affects payment, the 
settlement sheet shall show, among other things, the number of live 
birds

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marketed, the total weight and the average weight of the birds, and the 
payment per pound.
    (c) Condemnation and grading certificates. Each live poultry dealer, 
who acquires poultry pursuant to a contract with a poultry grower which 
provides that official U.S. Department of Agriculture condemnations or 
grades, or both, are a consideration affecting payment to the grower, 
shall obtain an official U.S. Department of Agriculture condemnation or 
grading certificate, or both, for the poultry and furnish a copy thereof 
to the poultry grower prior to or at the time of settlement.
    (d) Grouping or ranking sheets. Where the contract between the live 
poultry dealer and the poultry grower provides for payment to the 
poultry grower based upon a grouping or ranking of poultry growers 
delivering poultry during a specified period, the live poultry dealer 
shall furnish the poultry grower, at the time of settlement, a copy of a 
grouping or ranking sheet which shows the grower's precise position in 
the grouping or ranking sheet for that period. The grouping or ranking 
sheet need not show the names of other growers, but shall show the 
actual figures upon which the grouping or ranking is based for each 
grower grouped or ranked during the specified period.
    (e) Live poultry purchases. Each live poultry dealer who purchases 
live poultry shall prepare and deliver a purchase invoice to the seller 
at time of settlement. The purchase invoice shall contain all 
information necessary to compute payment due the seller. When U.S. 
Department of Agriculture condemnations or U.S. Department of 
Agriculture grades, or both, of poultry purchased affect final payment, 
copies of official U.S. Department of Agriculture condemnation 
certificates or grading certificates, or both, shall be furnished to the 
seller at or prior to the time of settlement.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0590-0001)

[54 FR 16356, Apr. 24, 1989; 54 FR 18713, May 2, 1989]