---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 191"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "191"
heading: "“Packer” defined"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/191"
units:
  - "Chapter 9 — Packers and Stockyards"
  - "Subchapter II — Packers Generally"
  - "Part A — General Provisions"
---

# §191. “Packer” defined


When used in this chapter the term “[packer](/usc/7/198.md?p=2)” means any [person](/usc/7/182.md?p=1) engaged in the business (a) of buying [livestock](/usc/7/182.md?p=4) in [commerce](/usc/7/182.md?p=11) for purposes of slaughter, or (b) of manufacturing or preparing meats or [meat food products](/usc/7/182.md?p=3) for sale or shipment in [commerce](/usc/7/182.md?p=11), or (c) of marketing meats, [meat food products](/usc/7/182.md?p=3), or [livestock products](/usc/7/182.md?p=5) in an unmanufactured form acting as a wholesale [broker](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-7), [dealer](/usc/7/201.md?p=d), or distributor in [commerce](/usc/7/182.md?p=11).


## Source credit

(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title II, § 201, 42 Stat. 160; Pub. L. 94–410, § 2, Sept. 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 1249.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1976—Pub. L. 94–410 substituted definition of “packer” for former definition which included provisions dealing with direct or indirect control of specified businesses through stock ownership or otherwise.