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Relating to the slaughter and processing of livestock produced on a farm and the preparation and offer for sale or sale of meat derived from the livestock, including by providing for exemptions from certain regulations, and providing penalties
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 17, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
GENERAL. This bill provides that a person who produces livestock on a farm owned or leased by the person (producer) is exempt from regulation by a state agency or local government exercising authority over the slaughter and processing of livestock produced on the farm and the preparation and offer for sale or sale of meat derived from the livestock, if the preparation, offer for sale, and sale occurred on the farm. The regulations from which a provider is exempted provide requirements for licensure, certification, permitting, testing, inspection, packaging, and labeling.
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These include Code chapters administered by the department of inspections and appeals regulating food establishments and food processing plants (Code chapter 137F). It also includes Code chapters administered by the department of agriculture and land stewardship, including general provisions (Code chapter 189), and the inspection of slaughter and processing facilities (Code chapter 189A). The department of inspections and appeals acting in cooperation with the department of agriculture and land stewardship is responsible for administering the bill’s provisions. The bill does not apply to transactions involving interstate commerce. In order to offer for sale or sell meat derived from slaughtered and processed livestock under the bill, the livestock must be subject to a commodity share agreement entered into between the producer and a consumer. Such an agreement recognizes the consumer’s ownership interest in the livestock or a herd, and the duty of the producer to care for, slaughter, and process the livestock and prepare meat derived from the livestock for on-farm delivery to the consumer-owner. A person who violates a provision of the bill authorizing a producer to slaughter and process livestock, and prepare meat derived from the livestock for sale to consumers, is subject to a civil penalty of not less than $500 and not more than $2,500.