Promoting Fair Competition In Livestock Markets And Expanding Market Access For American Meat Producers

It aims to improve competition, lower processing barriers, and give producers more ways to sell American-raised meat across State lines without weakening food-safety standards.

What the order does ​

• Expands investigations, staffing, and enforcement under the Packers and Stockyards Act, with emphasis on deceptive conduct, discrimination, price manipulation, and restraints on commerce.
• Directs Agriculture and Justice officials to coordinate referrals and complementary antitrust actions where appropriate.
• Orders a review of regulations, guidance, and enforcement policies to strengthen producer protections and deter prohibited conduct.
• Streamlines State participation in Federal cooperative inspection programs and provides training and technical assistance to small processors.
• Creates a public web resource on slaughter and processing availability, including federally inspected facilities that support interstate sales.
• Modernizes meat inspection and removes reporting or prescriptive requirements that do not advance essential food safety.
• Establishes a Department of Agriculture coordinator for ranchers and small and medium-sized processors.
• Directs three reports within 60 days on enforcement, cooperative inspection participation and barriers, and legal or trade restrictions on interstate sales.
• Calls for a guaranteed loan program to support small and regional beef processors.

Who it affects ​

• Ranchers and livestock producers.
• Small and regional meat processors and packers.
• State meat-inspection programs and federally inspected establishments.
• Consumers purchasing American-raised meat products.

Context ​

The order relies on existing legal authority and available funding; identified statutory barriers may require further action.