Release: NSAC Celebrates Final Rule Promoting Transparency for Contract Poultry Growers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Laura Zaks
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
lzaks@sustainableagriculture.net
Tel. 347.563.6408
Release: NSAC Celebrates Final Rule Promoting Transparency for Contract Poultry Growers
Washington, DC, November 8, 2023 – Today, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) celebrated Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack for publishing the first of several expected final rules to modernize the century-old Packers and Stockyards Act: “Transparency in Poultry Growing Contracts and Tournaments.” The rulemaking process was set in motion as part of the Biden Administration’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy in 2021.
…“This final rule is an important first step that will shed light on the opaque and unfair poultry tournament system to protect contract poultry growers,” said Billy Hackett, NSAC Policy Specialist. “Transparency is necessary in any supply chain as a bulwark against anticompetitive or harmful manipulation and abuse