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To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to exempt certain owners of livestock from inspection requirements, and for other purposes.
Summary
This act amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to expand exemptions from federal inspection requirements for certain livestock slaughter and meat processing activities. The bill allows part owners of livestock to slaughter, prepare, and transport meat products from their animals without federal inspection, as long as the meat is exclusively for the owner's use, their household, nonpaying guests, or employees. The exemption also permits owners to designate agents to assist with slaughter, preparation, or transportation, provided the owner maintains custody and identification of the carcasses and meat products. The Secretary of Agriculture will establish rules for how owners must maintain custody and identify products when using agents for these activities.
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- Dec 2, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. · house
- Sep 11, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
- Sep 11, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 11, 2025
Mr. Vindman (for himself and Mr. Baird) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to exempt certain owners of livestock from inspection requirements, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Livestock Owned by Communities to Advance Local Foods Act of 2025” or the “LOCAL Foods Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. EXEMPTIONS FROM INSPECTION.
Section 23(a) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 623(a)) is amended by striking “the slaughtering by any person of animals of his own raising, and the preparation by him and transportation in commerce of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products of such animals exclusively for use by him and members of his household and his nonpaying guests and employees” and inserting “the slaughtering of animals by any person that is an owner of the animals in whole or in part, or the preparation or transportation in commerce of the carcasses or parts thereof or meat and meat food products from those animals by an owner, if such slaughter, preparation, or transportation is exclusively for the use of an owner or the household, nonpaying guests, or employees of an owner, subject to the condition that if an owner designates an agent to assist in such slaughter, preparation, or transportation, the owner shall maintain custody and specific identification of the carcasses or parts thereof or meat and meat food products, as determined by the Secretary”. <all>
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