Bill Text: MS HB1135 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Slaughter facilities; exempt from certain inspection requirements if distribution is to household consumers on the premises of the animals' owner.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee [HB1135 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2016-HB1135-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Agriculture
By: Representative Brown
House Bill 1135
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 75-35-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT THE SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS AT CUSTOM SLAUGHTER FACILITIES FROM CERTAIN INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS IF THE ANIMALS ARE PREPARED EXCLUSIVELY FOR DISTRIBUTION TO HOUSEHOLD CONSUMERS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 75-35-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
75-35-31. (1) The provisions of this article requiring inspection of the slaughter of animals and the preparation of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat-food products at establishments conducting such operations shall not (a) apply to the slaughtering by any person of animals of his own raising, and the preparation by him and transportation in intrastate commerce of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat-food products of such animals exclusively for use by him and members of his household and his nonpaying guests and employees; nor (b) to the custom slaughter by any person, firm, or corporation of cattle, sheep, swine, or goats, delivered by the owner thereof for such slaughter, and the preparation by such slaughterer and transportation in intrastate commerce of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat-food products of such animals, exclusively for use, in the household of such owner, by him, and members of his household and his nonpaying guests and employees: provided, that such custom slaughterer does not engage in the business of buying or selling any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat-food products of any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, or equines, capable of use as human food.
(2) The provisions of this chapter requiring inspection of the slaughter of animals and the preparation of carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat-food products shall not apply to operations of types traditionally and usually conducted at retail stores and restaurants, when conducted at any retail store or restaurant or similar retail-type establishment for sale in normal retail quantities or service of such items or products to consumers at such establishments.
(3) The slaughter of
animals and preparation of items or products referred to in subsections (1)(b) * * *, (2) and (5) of this section
shall be conducted in accordance with such sanitary conditions as the
commissioner may by regulations prescribe. Violation of any such regulation is
prohibited.
(4) The adulteration and misbranding provisions of this article, other than the requirement of the inspection legend, shall apply to items or products which are not required to be inspected under this section.
(5) The provisions of this article requiring inspection of the slaughter of animals and the preparation of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat-food products at establishments conducting such operations for commerce shall not apply to (a) the slaughtering of animals by any person at a custom slaughter facility, (b) the preparation of such products at a custom slaughter facility and (c) the transportation in intrastate commerce of such products, if the animals are slaughtered and the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat-food products of such animals are prepared exclusively for distribution to household consumers either at the premises of the owner of the animal so slaughtered, or through delivery by the owner. For the purposes of this section, the terms "meat" and "meat-food products" shall include the carcasses or parts thereof, of cattle, sheep, goats or other ruminants, and swine and rabbits.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.
