USCA Commends Senators on Reintroducing Special Investigator Bill

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), along with five other cosponsors have reintroduced the Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act of 2025. The bill was introduced in 2022 and 2023, moving out of committee in 2022 and voted on the Senate floor. The legislation would create the “Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters” within the Packers & Stockyards Division at USDA and addresses anticompetitive markets and vertical consolidation in the meatpacking industry. The Office of the Special Investigator would hold legal powers to address violations of the Packers and Stockyards...

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