Senators submit bill to allow meat sales across state lines
The bipartisan bill received an endorsement from the American Farm Bureau and the NCBA.
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The bipartisan bill received an endorsement from the American Farm Bureau and the NCBA.
On Wednesday, May 10, Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. introduced legislation with Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) that would give livestock and poultry producers greater access to consumers nationwide.
NCBA NCBA's Tanner Beymer (left) talked with Rep. Dusty Johnson (right) about his PRICE Act in October 2020. House bill allows state-inspected meat facilities to sell direct to consumer and still provide recall authority. Jake Feddes, owner of Montana-based Feddes Family Meats, gets 10-15 messages a week asking for his state-inspected small meat processing facility to ship across state lines. Although all of his facility’s standards meet or are greater than USDA standards, he has to turn down the consumers’ request because the Federal Meat Inspection Act current...