---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 198"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "198"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/198"
units:
  - "Chapter 9 — Packers and Stockyards"
  - "Subchapter II — Packers Generally"
  - "Part B — Swine Packer Marketing Contracts"
---

# §198. Definitions


Except as provided in [section 198b(a) of this title](/usc/7/198b.md?p=a), in this part:

- (1) **Market—** The term “market” means the sale or disposition of [swine](#6), [pork](#3), or [pork products](#4) in [commerce](/usc/7/182.md?p=11).
- (2) **Packer—** The term “packer” has the meaning given the term in [section 1635i of this title](/usc/7/1635i.md).
- (3) **Pork—** The term “pork” means the meat of a porcine animal.
- (4) **Pork product—** The term “pork product” means a product or byproduct produced or processed in whole or in part from [pork](#3).
- (5) **State—** The term “State” means each of the 50 States.
- (6) **Swine—** The term “swine” means a porcine animal raised to be a feeder pig, raised for seedstock, or raised for slaughter.
- (7) **Type of contract—** The term “type of contract” means the classification of contracts or risk management agreements for the purchase of [swine](#6) by—
  - (A) the mechanism used to determine the base price for [swine](#6) committed to a [packer](#2), grouped into practicable classifications by the [Secretary](/usc/7/182.md?p=2) (including [swine](#6) or [pork](#3) [market](#1) formula purchases, other [market](#1) formula purchases, and other purchase arrangements); and
  - (B) the presence or absence of an accrual account or ledger that must be repaid by the producer or [packer](#2) that receives the benefit of the contract pricing mechanism in relation to negotiated prices.
- (8) **Other terms—** Except as provided in this part, a term has the meaning given the term in section [1635a](/usc/7/1635a.md) or [1635i](/usc/7/1635i.md) of this title.

## Source credit

(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title II, § 221, as added Pub. L. 106–78, title IX, § 934(2), Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1208.)

## Notes

### Termination of Section

For termination of section by section 942 of Pub. L. 106–78, see Livestock Mandatory Reporting note set out under section 1635 of this title.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Termination Date

Section 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.