Allowing Interstate Online Sales of State-Inspected Meat and Poultry.
This law permits retail stores and restaurants to sell meat and poultry products inspected only at the state level directly to consumers across state lines via the internet. This change increases consumer choice by making specialized or local meat and poultry products available for shipment nationwide. It opens up new interstate markets for smaller, state-inspected establishments.
Key points
Retailers and restaurants can now ship state-inspected meat and poultry products directly to households in other states.
The exemption applies only to direct sales to household consumers and must be in normal retail quantities.
The legislation amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to facilitate this commerce.
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