Livestock owners could get help with their own meat, avoiding federal inspection.
This bill would let livestock owners get help processing their own animals for personal use without federal inspection. Currently, only owners doing all the work themselves are exempt. The change would allow owners to use an agent for slaughtering, preparing, or transporting meat, as long as they keep track of the meat as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture.
Today, federal law allows people to process their own animals for personal use without inspection, but only if they do all the work themselves. If this bill becomes law, livestock owners could hire an agent to help slaughter, prepare, or transport their own animals' meat for personal use, as long as the owner maintains custody and identification of the meat, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture.
S 1212 · 119th Congress · March 31, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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