Congressional statement of findings
United States Code
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- 2026Upside Foods Inc v. Commissioner, Florida Department of Agriculture an 11th Cir.
- 2025Northwestern Selecta, Inc. v. Gonzalez-Beiro 1st Cir.
- 2024Animal Legal Defense Fund, Inc. v. Thomas Vilsack D.C. Cir.
- 2024To-Ricos, Ltd. v. Productos Avicolas del Sur, Inc. 1st Cir.
- 2024Innovative Solutions International Inc v. Houlihan Trading Co Inc W.D. Wash.
- 2024Pizarro Hernandez, Cristina Y v. To-Ricos, Ltd.
- 2023A1A Burrito Works, Inc. v. Sysco Jacksonville, Inc. 11th Cir.
- 2023Collins v. Tyson Foods, Inc. W.D. Ky.
- 2023Wetzel v. Diestel Turkey Ranch D.N.M.
- 2023Northwestern Selecta, Inc. v. Gonzalez-Beiro D.P.R.
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Poultry and poultry products are an important source of the Nation’s total supply of food. They are consumed throughout the Nation and the major portion thereof moves in interstate or foreign commerce. It is essential in the public interest that the health and welfare of consumers be protected by assuring that poultry products distributed to them are wholesome, not adulterated, and properly marked, labeled, and packaged. Unwholesome, adulterated, or misbranded poultry products impair the effective regulation of poultry products in interstate or foreign commerce, are injurious to the public welfare, destroy markets for wholesome, not adulterated, and properly labeled and packaged poultry products, and result in sundry losses to poultry producers and processors of poultry and poultry products, as well as injury to consumers. It is hereby found that all articles and poultry which are regulated under this chapter are either in interstate or foreign commerce or substantially affect such commerce, and that regulation by the Secretary of Agriculture and cooperation by the States and other jurisdictions as contemplated by this chapter are appropriate to prevent and eliminate burdens upon such commerce, to effectively regulate such commerce, and to protect the health and welfare of consumers. (Source: (Pub. L. 85–172, § 2, Aug. 28, 1957, 71 Stat. 441; Pub. L. 90–492, § 2, Aug. 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 791.))