9 CFR § 201.53 - Persons subject to the Act not to circulate misleading reports about market conditions or prices.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s201.53"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 201.53 - Persons subject to the Act not to circulate misleading reports about market conditions or prices."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "201.53"
section_name: "Persons subject to the Act not to circulate misleading reports about market conditions or prices."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (FAIR TRADE PRACTICES PROGRAM), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "201"
part_name: "ADMINISTERING THE PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 181-229c."
cfr_part: "201"
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# 201.53 Persons subject to the Act not to circulate misleading reports about market conditions or prices.
No packer, swine contractor, live poultry dealer, stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer shall knowingly make, issue, or circulate any false or misleading reports, records, or representation concerning the market conditions or the prices or sale of any livestock, meat, or live poultry.
[73 FR 62440, Oct. 21, 2008]