潜水简介:
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture withdrewon Tuesday an interim final rule dating from the Obama administration that would have established certain legal protections for producers of chicken, cows and hogs who contract with large processors.
- USDA said the agency was taking this action on the so-called GIPSA rule — named for the GrainUSDA内的检查，包装工和饲养物管理 - “由于与其颁布和实施有关的严重法律和政策问题。”
- USDA came out with the proposal during the last days of the Obama administration, but it never went into effect. The Trump administration initially postponed the rule's April 22 effective date for six months — until Oct. 19 — withdrawing it days before enactment.
潜水见解：
GIPSA规则是从一开始有争议以及牲畜行业的两极分化部门。这个问题没有中间立场。反对者说，允许政府决定牲畜合同中的公平是什么，将促使诉讼并限制营销范围。支持者认为，GIPSA规则将使合法的鸡，母牛和猪的生产商更容易免受大型肉类包装公司的不公平和反竞争性治疗的范围。
泰森食品公司（Tyson Foods，Inc。在国际上竞争的能力。
"We rely on thousands of independent cattle, hog and poultry producers and our relationship with them is already extensively regulated. This rule is unnecessary and potentially harmful," the company在一份声明中说。
赞美USDA的规则提款是北美肉类研究所，国家鸡肉委员会，国家小牛肉牛肉协会，国家猪肉生产者委员会，美国农场局联合会和美国参议院农业委员会主席和美国众议院的主席。他们一致认为，这将破坏牲畜行业的主要营销安排，并最终扼杀其鼓励的竞争。
“Today’s decision helps restore both congressional intent and common sense by ensuring American producers have the freedom to market their products without the threat of frivolous lawsuits," House Agriculture Committee Chair Mike Conaway, R-Texas, said在声明中。
反对USDA的行动是美国R-Calf美国国家农民联盟，竞争市场组织，美国Cattlemen's Association和拥有家庭农场的R-Iowa的美国参议员Charles Grassley。格拉斯利称规则提取"pandering to big corporations"和indicated that some farmers under contract to them were being mistreated. Grassley and Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, who is also a farmer,wrote a letterto USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue protesting the rule withdrawal.
Roger Johnson, president of the National Farmers Union,在一份声明中说,“With this decision, USDA has given the green light to a few multinational meatpackers that dominate the market to discriminate against family farmers."
Given all the divisiveness around this issue, it's hard to know how the rule's provisions might have played out had it become effective. Complaints over unfair contracts and consolidation in the meatpacking industry continue to surface. They may not be addressed until this kind of proposal surfaces again, which could happen under a different presidential administration.
