A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act with respect to custom slaughtering.

Summary

Exempts from the inspection requirements of the Federal Meat Inspection Act the custom slaughtering of livestock by any person who does not engage in buying or selling meat or meat products. Allows such an exemption if (1) such livestock is delivered by the owner thereof for such slaughter; (2) the preparation by such slaughterer and transportation in commerce of carcasses, meat, meat food products of such livestock is exclusively for use in the household of such owner and not for resale; and (3) such slaughtering meets sanitation requirements established and enforced by the State in which such slaughtering is conducted.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 4 January 1977

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