Bill Text: IA SSB3031 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to meat and poultry inspection, by providing an exception for certain establishments engaged in the slaughter of poultry and the preparation of poultry products on a custom basis.(See SF 2207.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-31 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2207. [SSB3031 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SSB3031-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
3031
-
Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
AGRICULTURE
AND
LAND
STEWARDSHIP
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
meat
and
poultry
inspection,
by
providing
1
an
exception
for
certain
establishments
engaged
in
the
2
slaughter
of
poultry
and
the
preparation
of
poultry
products
3
on
a
custom
basis.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
189A.4,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
189A.4
Exemptions.
3
1.
In
order
to
accomplish
the
objectives
of
this
chapter
,
4
the
secretary
may
exempt
the
following
types
of
operations
from
5
inspection:
6
1.
a.
Slaughtering
and
preparation
by
any
person
of
7
livestock
and
poultry
of
the
person’s
own
raising
exclusively
8
for
use
by
the
person
and
members
of
the
person’s
household,
9
and
the
person’s
nonpaying
guests
and
employees.
10
2.
b.
Any
other
operations
which
the
secretary
may
11
determine
would
best
be
exempted
to
further
the
purposes
of
12
this
chapter
,
to
the
extent
such
exemptions
conform
to
the
13
federal
Meat
Inspection
Act
and
the
federal
Poultry
Products
14
Inspection
Act
and
the
regulations
thereunder.
15
2.
The
secretary
may
allow
a
poultry
establishment
at
16
which
inspection
is
maintained
to
engage
in
custom
operations,
17
and
exempt
from
inspection
any
poultry
slaughtered
or
any
18
poultry
or
poultry
products
otherwise
prepared
on
such
custom
19
basis,
provided
that
any
carcasses,
parts
thereof,
poultry,
or
20
poultry
products
wherever
handled
on
a
custom
basis,
or
any
21
containers
or
packages
containing
such
articles,
are
separated
22
at
all
times
from
carcasses,
parts
thereof,
poultry,
or
poultry
23
products
prepared
for
sale,
and
that
all
such
articles
prepared
24
on
a
custom
basis,
or
any
containers
or
packages
containing
25
such
articles,
are
plainly
marked
“Not
for
Sale”
immediately
26
after
being
prepared
and
kept
so
identified
until
delivered
to
27
the
owner,
and
that
the
establishment
conducting
the
custom
28
operation
is
maintained
and
operated
in
a
sanitary
manner.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
BACKGROUND.
This
bill
amends
Iowa’s
“Meat
and
Poultry
33
Inspection
Act”
(MPIA)
(Code
chapter
189A),
administered
and
34
enforced
by
the
department
of
agriculture
and
land
stewardship
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(DALS)
which
regulates
(licenses
and
inspects)
a
business
1
engaged
in
the
slaughter
of
livestock
or
poultry
at
its
2
premises
(establishment).
The
Code
chapter
regulates
the
3
establishment’s
processing
of
livestock
or
poultry
carcasses,
4
and
the
preparation
of
meat
products
or
poultry
products
5
derived
from
those
carcasses
(articles).
6
STATE
AND
FEDERAL
REGULATORY
COOPERATION.
DALS
exercises
7
its
regulatory
authority
under
the
MPIA
on
an
intrastate
8
basis
pursuant
to
a
cooperative
agreement
with
the
United
9
States
department
of
agriculture
(USDA),
which
administers
and
10
enforces
two
complementary
Acts:
the
federal
Meat
Inspection
11
Act
as
amended
by
the
Wholesome
Meat
Act
(21
U.S.C.
ch.
12)
and
12
the
federal
Poultry
Products
Inspection
Act
as
amended
by
the
13
Wholesome
Poultry
Products
Act
(21
U.S.C.
ch.
10)
(see
Code
14
section
189A.2).
In
both
cases,
USDA
regulates
establishments
15
engaged
in
interstate
or
foreign
commerce
but
may
regulate
any
16
establishment
if
it
determines
that
the
state
enforcement
of
17
state
statutes
does
not
at
least
equal
federal
enforcement
of
18
the
federal
Acts.
19
STATE
INSPECTION
EXCEPTION
FOR
CERTAIN
ESTABLISHMENTS
——
20
CUSTOM
OPERATIONS.
The
MPIA
provides
certain
exceptions
from
21
state
inspection
requirements,
including
for
an
establishment
22
that
constitutes
a
custom
operation
engaged
in
slaughtering
23
and
preparing
livestock
or
poultry
of
a
person’s
own
raising
24
exclusively
for
use
by
the
person
and
members
of
the
person’s
25
household,
and
the
person’s
nonpaying
guests
and
employees
26
(Code
section
189A.4).
27
BILL’S
PROVISIONS
——
NEW
CUSTOM
OPERATION
INSPECTION
28
EXCEPTION
FOR
STATE-LICENSED
POULTRY
ESTABLISHMENTS.
The
29
bill
adds
another
inspection
exemption
that
also
applies
to
a
30
custom
operation,
and
specifically
to
a
state-licensed
poultry
31
establishment.
The
exemption
is
subject
to
certain
conditions.
32
First,
the
articles,
whenever
handled,
and
any
containers
or
33
packages
holding
such
articles,
must
be
kept
separate
from
34
other
areas
of
the
establishment.
Second,
the
containers
or
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