[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 9, Volume 2] [Revised as of January 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 9CFR201.1] [Page 1-6] 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. 201.1 Meaning of words. [[Page 1]] (This book contains part 200 to end) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Editorial Note: Other regulations issued by the Department of Agriculture appear in title 7, title 36, chapter II, and title 41, chapter 4. Part chapter ii--Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (Packers and Stockyards Programs), Department of Agriculture................................. 201 chapter iii--Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture............................................ 301 [[Page 3]] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Part Page 200 [Reserved] 201 Regulations under the Packers and Stockyards Act..................................... 5 202 Rules of practice governing proceedings under the Packers and Stockyards Act.... 30 203 Statements of general policy under the Packers and Stockyards Act.............. 48 204 Organization and functions.................. 59 205 Clear title--protection for purchasers of farm products........................... 64 206 Swine contract library...................... 72 [[Page 5]] PART 200 [RESERVED] Definitions Sec. 201.1 Meaning of words. 201.2 Terms defined. Administration 201.3 Authority. Applicability of Industry Rules 201.4 Bylaws, rules and regulations, and requirements of exchanges, associations, or other organizations; applicability, establishment. Registration 201.10 Requirements and procedures. 201.11 Suspended registrants; officers, agents, and employees. Schedules of Rates and Charges 201.17 Requirements for filing tariffs. General Bonding Provisions 201.27 Underwriter; equivalent in lieu of bonds; standard forms. 201.28 Duplicates of bonds or equivalents to be filed with Regional Supervisors. Market Agency, Dealer and Packer Bonds 201.29 Market agencies, packers and dealers required to file and maintain bonds. 201.30 Amount of market agency, dealer and packer bonds. 201.31 Conditions in market agency, dealer and packer bonds. 201.32 Trustee in market agency, dealer and packer bonds. 201.33 Persons damaged may maintain suit; filing and notification of claims; time limitations; legal expenses. 201.34 Termination of market agency, dealer and packer bonds. Proceeds of Sale 201.39 Payment to be made to consignor or shipper by market agencies; exceptions. 201.42 Custodial accounts for trust funds. Accounts and Records 201.43 Payment and accounting for livestock and live poultry. 201.44 Market agencies to render prompt accounting for purchases on order. 201.45 Market agencies to make records available for inspection by owners, consignors, and purchasers. 201.49 Requirements regarding scale tickets evidencing weighing of livestock, live poultry, and feed. Trade Practices 201.53 Persons subject to the Act not to circulate misleading reports about market conditions or prices. 201.55 Purchases, sales, acquisitions, payments and settlements to be made on actual weights. 201.56 Market agencies selling on commission; purchases from consignment. 201.61 Market agencies selling or purchasing livestock on commission; relationships with dealers. 201.67 Packers not to own or finance selling agencies. 201.69 Furnishing information to competitor buyers. 201.70 Restriction or limitation of competition between packers and dealers prohibited. Services 201.71 Scales; accurate weights, repairs, adjustments or replacements after inspection. 201.72 Scales; testing of. 201.73 Scale operators to be qualified. 201.73-1 Instructions for weighing livestock. 201.76 Reweighing. 201.81 Suspended registrants. 201.82 Care and promptness in weighing and handling livestock and live poultry. Inspection of Brands 201.86 Brand inspection: Application for authorization, registration and filing of schedules, reciprocal arrangements, and maintenance of identity of consignments. General 201.94 Information as to business; furnishing of by packers, live poultry dealers, stockyard owners, market agencies, and dealers. 201.95 Inspection of business records and facilities. 201.96 Unauthorized disclosure of business information prohibited. 201.97 Annual reports. 201.98 Packers and dealers not to charge, demand, or collect commission, yardage, or other service charges. 201.99 Purchase of livestock by packers on a carcass grade, carcass weight, or carcass grade and weight basis. Poultry--Packers and Live Poultry Dealers 201.100 Records to be furnished poultry growers and sellers. 201.108-1 Instructions for weighing live poultry. [[Page 6]] 201.200 Sale of livestock to a packer on credit. Authority: 7 U.S.C. 222 and 228; 7 CFR 2.22 and 2.81. Definitions Words used in this part in the singular form shall be deemed to import the plural, and vice versa, as the case may demand. [19 FR 4524, July 22, 1954]