This U.S. Census Bureau NAICS-based industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of poultry and poultry products, excluding canned and packaged, frozen and live.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

• Slaughtering and dressing poultry--are classified in Industry 311615, Poultry Processing;
• Merchant wholesale distribution of packaged frozen poultry--are classified in U.S. Industry 424420, Packaged Frozen Food Merchant Wholesalers;
• Merchant wholesale distribution of canned poultry--are classified in U.S. Census Bureau NAICS-based industry 4244904, Nonperishable (Canned) Food Merchant Wholesalers; and
• Merchant wholesale distribution of live poultry and poultry products--are classified in U.S. Census Bureau NAICS-based industry 4244401, Live Poultry Merchant Wholesalers.