subchapter_subject: "AGENCY ORGANIZATION AND TERMINOLOGY; MANDATORY MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION AND VOLUNTARY INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION"
part_code: "201"
part_subject: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ACT"
subpart_code: "A"
subpart_subject: "General"
section_number: "201.53"
section_subject: "Persons subject to the Act not to circulate misleading reports about market conditions or prices."
cfr_reference: "9 CFR 201.53"
title_name: "Title 9"
title_subject: "Animals and Animal Products"
parts_covered: "Part 200 to End"
revised_date: "Revised as of January 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of January 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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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.