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H.R. 5341 119th Congress House

LOCAL Foods Act of 2025

Official title: To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to exempt certain owners of livestock from inspection requirements, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 11, 2025 Introduced by: Eugene Simon Vindman Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food
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Dec 2, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Sep 11, 2025
Introduced in House
Sep 11, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Livestock Owned by Communities to Advance Local Foods Act of 2025 or the LOCAL Foods Act of 2025

This bill provides statutory authority for expanding the personal use exemption from inspection requirements for livestock that are slaughtered and prepared by the owner or at custom animal slaughter facilities for meat products intended for personal consumption.

Under current law, the personal use exemption from certain Food Safety and Inspection Service meat inspection requirements applies to a person who raises an animal and slaughters the animal exclusively for personal, household, guest, or employee uses.

The bill applies the exemption to any person who meets these requirements and is the owner of an animal, in whole or in part. This allows for an animal to have multiple owners (e.g., a community or a group of people buying shares in livestock).

Further, the owner may designate an agent to assist in the slaughter, preparation, or transportation of the carcasses (or parts thereof) or meat and meat food products. If the owner designates an agent, the owner must maintain custody and specific identification of the carcasses or meat.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1212 Identical bill LOCAL Foods Act of 2025
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 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 3 Republican 4
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Kennedy, Mike
Utah · Sep 24, 2026
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Stansbury, Melanie A.
New Mexico · Mar 26, 2026
 D
Balint, Becca
Vermont · Nov 18, 2025
 D
Subramanyam, Suhas
Virginia · Oct 31, 2025
 R
Boebert, Lauren
Colorado · Sep 26, 2025
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Cloud, Michael
Texas · Sep 26, 2025
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Baird, James R.
Indiana · Sep 11, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5341: LOCAL Foods Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5341/
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"H.R. 5341: LOCAL Foods Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5341/.
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H.R. 5341, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5341/.
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