# Undue and Unreasonable Preferences and Advantages Under the Packers and Stockyards Act
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Final rule. · Published 2020-12-11 · Effective 2021-01-11 · 85 FR 79779
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-27117
- **Category:** meat-poultry
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 79779
- **CFR reference:** 9 CFR 201
- **Publication date:** 2020-12-11
- **Effective date:** 2021-01-11
- **USDA docket:** Doc. No. AMS-FTPP-18-0101
## Abstract

This final rule establishes a new regulation containing criteria the Secretary of Agriculture will consider when determining whether an undue or unreasonable preference or advantage has occurred in violation of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (Act). A provision of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Farm Bill) requires the Secretary to establish the criteria. The Act protects fair trade, financial integrity, and competitive marketing for livestock, meat, and poultry.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/12/11/2020-27117/undue-and-unreasonable-preferences-and-advantages-under-the-packers-and-stockyards-act)
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