Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service 9 CFR Part 201 [Doc. No. AMS-FTPP-21-0046] RIN 0581-AE04 ( printed page 4679) AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture. ACTION: Withdrawal of proposed rulemaking and termination of rulemaking proceeding. SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture's (“USDA” or “the Department”) Agricultural Marketing Service (“AMS” or “the Agency”) is withdrawing a notice of proposed rulemaking, the “Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets” proposed rule. ADDRESSES: Packers and Stockyards Division, USDA, AMS, FTPP; Room 2097-S, Mail Stop 3601, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20250-3601. DATES: The proposed rule published on June 28, 2024, 89 FR 53886 , is withdrawn on January 16, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: S. Brett Offutt, Chief Legal Officer/Policy Advisor, Packers and Stockyards Division, USDA AMS Fair Trade Practices Program, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20250; Phone: (202) 690-4355; or email: s.brett.offutt@usda.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 28, 2024, AMS published the proposed rule entitled, “Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets,” which sought to amend 9 CFR part 201 by adding § 201.308, “Unfair practices and devices,” to specify general practices that are unfair and in violation of section 202(a) of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 19…