---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 192"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "192"
heading: "Unlawful practices enumerated"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/192"
units:
  - "Chapter 9 — Packers and Stockyards"
  - "Subchapter II — Packers Generally"
  - "Part A — General Provisions"
---

# §192. Unlawful practices enumerated


It shall be unlawful for any [packer](/usc/7/198.md?p=2) or [swine contractor](/usc/7/182.md?p=12) with respect to [livestock](/usc/7/182.md?p=4), meats, [meat food products](/usc/7/182.md?p=3), or [livestock products](/usc/7/182.md?p=5) in unmanufactured form, or for any [live poultry dealer](/usc/7/182.md?p=10) with respect to live [poultry](/usc/7/182.md?p=6), to:

- (a) Engage in or use any unfair, unjustly discriminatory, or deceptive practice or device; or
- (b) Make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular [person](/usc/7/182.md?p=1) or locality in any respect, or subject any particular [person](/usc/7/182.md?p=1) or locality to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect; or
- (c) Sell or otherwise transfer to or for any other [packer](/usc/7/198.md?p=2), [swine contractor](/usc/7/182.md?p=12), or any [live poultry dealer](/usc/7/182.md?p=10), or buy or otherwise receive from or for any other [packer](/usc/7/198.md?p=2), [swine contractor](/usc/7/182.md?p=12), or any [live poultry dealer](/usc/7/182.md?p=10), any article for the purpose or with the effect of apportioning the supply between any such [persons](/usc/7/182.md?p=1), if such apportionment has the tendency or effect of restraining [commerce](/usc/7/182.md?p=11) or of creating a monopoly; or
- (d) Sell or otherwise transfer to or for any other [person](/usc/7/182.md?p=1), or buy or otherwise receive from or for any other [person](/usc/7/182.md?p=1), any article for the purpose or with the effect of manipulating or controlling prices, or of creating a monopoly in the acquisition of, buying, selling, or dealing in, any article, or of restraining [commerce](/usc/7/182.md?p=11); or
- (e) Engage in any course of business or do any act for the purpose or with the effect of manipulating or controlling prices, or of creating a monopoly in the acquisition of, buying, selling, or dealing in, any article, or of restraining [commerce](/usc/7/182.md?p=11); or
- (f) Conspire, combine, agree, or arrange with any other [person](/usc/7/182.md?p=1) (1) to apportion territory for carrying on business, or (2) to apportion purchases or sales of any article, or (3) to manipulate or control prices; or
- (g) Conspire, combine, agree, or arrange with any other [person](/usc/7/182.md?p=1) to do, or aid or abet the doing of, any act made unlawful by subdivisions (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e).

## Source credit

(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title II, § 202, 42 Stat. 161; Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title V, § 503, as added Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 532, 49 Stat. 649; Pub. L. 85–909, § 1(1), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1749; Pub. L. 94–410, § 3(a), Sept. 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 1249; Pub. L. 100–173, § 3, Nov. 23, 1987, 101 Stat. 917; Pub. L. 102–237, title X, § 1008(1), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1898; Pub. L. 106–78, title IX, § 912, Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1205; Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10502(b)(1), (2)(A), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 509, 510.)

## Notes

### Amendment of Section

For termination of amendment by section 942 of Pub. L. 106–78, see Termination Date of 1999 Amendment note below.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2002—Pub. L. 107–171, § 10502(b)(1), substituted “packer or swine contractor” for “packer” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107–171, § 10502(b)(2)(A), inserted “, swine contractor,” after “other packer” in two places.

1999—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–78, §§ 912, 942, temporarily struck out “whatsoever” after “locality in any respect” and after “disadvantage in any respect”. See Termination Date of 1999 Amendment note below.

1991—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–237 substituted a comma for period after second reference to “dealer”.

1987—Pub. L. 100–173, § 3(1), substituted “for any packer with respect to livestock, meats, meat food products, or livestock products in unmanufactured form, or for any live poultry dealer with respect to live poultry, to” for “with respect to livestock, meats, meat food products, livestock products in unmanufactured form, poultry, or poultry products for any packer or any live poultry dealer or handler to” in introductory provisions.

Par. (c). Pub. L. 100–173, § 3(2), struck out reference to poultry handlers wherever appearing and substituted “such persons” for “such packers”.

1976—Pub. L. 94–410 struck out “in commerce” wherever appearing.

1958—Pub. L. 85–909 inserted “with respect to livestock, meats, meat food products, livestock products in unmanufactured form, poultry, or poultry products” after “unlawful”.

1935—Act Aug. 15, 1921, title V, § 503, as added Aug. 14, 1935, inserted “or any live poultry dealer or handler” after “packer” wherever appearing.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Termination Date of 1999 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 106–78 to terminate Mar. 14, 2025, see section 942 of Pub. L. 106–78, set out in a Livestock Mandatory Reporting note under section 1635 of this title.

### Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 100–173 effective 90 days after Nov. 23, 1987, see section 12 of Pub. L. 100–173, set out as a note under section 182 of this title.