Executive Order 14424: Promoting Fair Competition in Livestock Markets and Expanding Market Access for American Meat Producers

What the order contains

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• Sec. 1. Purpose
• Sec. 2. Robust Enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act
• Sec. 3. Expanding Interstate Market Access for Eligible Meat Products
• Sec. 4. General Provisions

Section 1, quoted from the order

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American ranchers want to be able to butcher, process, package, and sell their meat to consumers across State lines while maintaining the highest standards of food safety and avoid being overcharged by monopolistic practices by meat processors. It is the policy of the United States to support these goals and reduce barriers to ranchers processing their own product for sale to consumers by promoting fair competition in livestock and meat markets; protecting producers and small processors from unfair, deceptive, or monopolistic practices; and expanding legitimate market opportunities for American- raised livestock and meat products consistent with applicable law. This order directs more vigorous enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (Public Law 67-51, 42 Stat. 159,7 U.S.C. […]