Meat Industry Act to Preserve Competition

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Meat Industry Act To Preserve Competition - Declares that it is the policy of this Act to prevent, and as rapidly as possible to eliminate, marketing conditions in the livestock production, processing, and meat packing industries which are detrimental to the maintenance of a free and competitive environment needed for the health, efficiency, and general well-being of business. Requires any packer whose slaughter or processing of certain classifications of livestock or meat products exceeds specified minimum levels to file with the Secretary of Agriculture on February 1 of each year information for each plant owned or operated by such packer regarding the number by month of: (1) steers and heifers, cows and bulls, and hogs purchased or acquired for slaughter during the preceding calendar year; (2) such livestock classifications slaughtered by such packer, or for or on behalf of such packer by another under any custom slaughtering arrangement, during such preceding year; (3) carcasses of such classifications of livestock purchased or acquired from any other person or packer during such period; (4) pounds of boxed beef and pounds of centrally cut beef produced, purchased, or acquired …