### Question
Can you define what processor means?


### Answer
**Processor** is defined as the following in *7 U.S.C. § 229b*:

> any person engaged in the business of obtaining livestock or poultry for the purpose of slaughtering the livestock or poultry

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 229b*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 9-PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS > SUBCHAPTER V-GENERAL PROVISIONS**

