Brooks Law Digest: Federal Meat Inspection Act

The Food Safety and Inspection Service has announced a virtual meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI). At the meeting, “FSIS will present two sets of charges to the Committee: (1) To consider how FSIS should clarify the Agency’s positions on the custom and retail exemptions to ensure that meat, poultry, and egg products produced under the exemptions are safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged and (2) to consider actions FSIS should take to prevent and reduce illnesses associated with the handling or consumption of frozen, raw, stuffed not ready-to-eat (NRTE) poultry products, which may be breaded and par-fried and may appear ready-to-eat (RTE) to consumers.” The meeting will take place on September 27 and 28.

House Bill 547 proposes to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to allow some retail and restaurant establishments to sell over the internet and ship state-inspected meat and poultry products directly to household consumers.