packer
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Bouvier (1914)
Definitions from Case Law
From 297 U.S. 422 - Bayside Fish Flour Co. v. Gentry · 1936Most cited · 246 citing opinions
any person canning fish or preserving fish "by the common methods of drying, salting, pickling or smoking.
United States Code
7 U.S.C. § 1635D — in this part
The term “packer” means any person engaged in the business of buying cattle in commerce for purposes of slaughter, of manufacturing or preparing meats or meat food products from cattle for sale or shipment in commerce, or of marketing meats or meat food products from cattle in an unmanufactured form acting as a wholesale broker, dealer, or distributor in commerce, except that—
(A) the term includes only a cattle processing plant that is federally inspected;
(B) for any calendar year, the term includes only a cattle processing plant that slaughtered an average of at least 125,000 head of cattle per year during the immediately preceding 5 calendar years; and
(C) in the case of a cattle processing plant that did not slaughter cattle during the immediately preceding 5 calendar years, the Secretary shall consider the plant capacity of the processing plant in determining whether the processing plant should be considered a packer under this part.
7 U.S.C. § 1635I — in this part (2 versions over time)
The term “packer” means any person engaged in the business of buying swine in commerce for purposes of slaughter, of manufacturing or preparing meats or meat food products from swine for sale or shipment in commerce, or of marketing meats or meat food products from swine in an unmanufactured form acting as a wholesale broker, dealer, or distributor in commerce, except that—
(A) the term includes only a swine processing plant that is federally inspected;
(B) for any calendar year, the term includes only—
(i) a swine processing plant that slaughtered an average of at least 100,000 swine per year during the immediately preceding five calendar years; and
(ii) a person that slaughtered an average of at least 200,000 sows, boars, or any combination thereof, per year during the immediately preceding five calendar years; and
(C) in the case of a swine processing plant or person that did not slaughter swine during the immediately preceding 5 calendar years, the Secretary shall consider the plant capacity of the processing plant or person in determining whether the processing plant or person should be considered a packer under this part.
7 U.S.C. § 191 — in this chapter
When used in this chapter the term “packer” means any person engaged in the business (a) of buying livestock in commerce for purposes of slaughter, or (b) of manufacturing or preparing meats or meat food products for sale or shipment in commerce, or (c) of marketing meats, meat food products, or livestock products in an unmanufactured form acting as a wholesale broker, dealer, or distributor in commerce.
7 U.S.C. § 198B — in this section
In this section, the term “packer” has the meaning given the term in section 191 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 198 — in this part
The term “packer” has the meaning given the term in section 1635i of this title.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A person employed in England by merchants to receive and (in some instances) to select goods from manufacturers, dyers, calenders, etc., and pack the same for exportation. Arch. Rankr., 11th ed. 37. In the United States, one engaged in the business of slaughtering and packing cattle, sheep and hogs preparing their products for sale. Their business is not interstate commerce; U. S. v. Boyer, 85 Fed. 425; merely because the yards are located in two states and it does business in both, though, as to stock shipped from one state to another, it may be interstate commerce and to that extent exempt from state regulation; (Jotting v. Stock Yards Co., 79 Fed. (>79. The acts of congress (1 Supp. Rev. Stat. 97,7, and 2 Supp. Rev. Stat. 403) whereby the Secretary of Agriculture is empowered to have made a careful inspection of cattle, etc., at slaughter houses located in the several states, the products of which are intended for sale in other states or in foreign countries, wore held unconstitutional in U. S. v. Boyer, 85 Fed. 425. They may be subjected to a license tax by a state for doing business therein; Kehrcr v. Stewart, 197 TJ. S. GO, 25 Sup. Ct. 403, 49 L. Ed. (>G3; Armour Packing Go. v. Lacy, 200