Commissioners to discuss state meat inspection program
Copyright © 2021 Roswell Daily Record The Chaves County Board of Commissioners is considering backing an effort to restart a state meat inspection program. A resolution expressing support for the initiative is on the agenda for the commissioners’ Thursday morning meeting. Supporters of the initiative, which include the New Mexico Livestock Board and the New Mexico Department of Agriculture, have said that a state inspection program is needed to supplement the federal inspection system because New Mexico ranchers have a need for new ways to sell the meat they produce. The supply-chain disru...