HR 2859 116th Congress House Agriculture and Food Food industry and services Food supply, safety, and labeling Livestock Meat Retail and wholesale trades

PRIME Act

Introduced: May 21, 2019 Introduced by: Massie, Thomas Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Became law

Jun 21, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

May 21, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

May 21, 2019

Introduced in House

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption Act or the PRIME Act

This bill expands the exemption of custom slaughtering of animals from federal inspection requirements.

Under current law, the exemption applies if the meat is slaughtered for personal, household, guest, and employee uses. The bill expands the exemption to include meat that is

slaughtered and prepared at a custom slaughter facility in accordance with the laws of the state where the facility is located; and
prepared exclusively for distribution to household consumers in the state or restaurants, hotels, boarding houses, grocery stores, or other establishments in the state that either prepare meals served directly to consumers or offer meat and food products for sale directly to consumers in the state.

The bill does not preempt any state law concerning (1) the slaughter of animals or the preparation of carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products at a custom slaughter facility; or (2) the sale of meat or meat food products.

What's happening now June 21, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

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