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USDA/GIPSA

RIN: 0580-AA98

Publication ID: Spring 2010

Title: Poultry Contracts; Initiation, Performance, and Termination
Abstract: GIPSA is amending the regulations issued under the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, regarding the records that live poultry dealers must furnish poultry growers, including requirements for the timing and contents of poultry growing arrangements. The amendments to the regulations will require that live poultry dealers timely deliver a copy of an offered poultry growing arrangement to growers; include information about any Performance Improvement Plan in poultry growing arrangements; include provisions for written termination notices in poultry growing arrangements; and notwithstanding a confidentiality provision, allow growers to discuss the terms of poultry growing arrangements with designated individuals.
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 9 CFR 201
Legal Authority: 7 USC 221

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	08/01/2007	72 FR 41952
NPRM Comment Period End	10/30/2007
Final Action	12/03/2009	74 FR 63271

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: H. Tess Butler Regulatory Liaison Department of Agriculture Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration STOP 3604, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250 Phone:202 720-7486 Fax:202 690-2173 Email: h.tess.butler@usda.gov