119th Congress Agriculture and Food
H.R. 5341: LOCAL Foods Act of 2025
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Summary
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).
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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.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- James Baird R-INOriginal
- Lauren Boebert R-CO
- Michael Cloud R-TX
- Suhas Subramanyam D-VA
- Becca Balint D-VT
- Melanie Stansbury D-NM
- Mike Kennedy R-UT
Who scored on this bill
- 1Eugene Vindman SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Eugene Vindman.
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- Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.