S. 2409

119 S2409 IS: Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-07-23
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 2409  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   July 23, 2025   Mr. King  (for himself,  Mr. Paul ,  Ms. Lummis ,  Mr. Merkley ,  Mrs. Gillibrand ,  Mr. Cramer ,  Mrs. Blackburn ,  Mr. Hoeven , and  Mr. Lee ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry    A BILL
To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to exempt from inspection the slaughter of animals and the preparation of carcasses conducted at a custom slaughter facility, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption Act   or the   PRIME Act  .
2.
Exemption for slaughter and preparation occurring at custom slaughter facilities
Section 23 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act ( 21 U.S.C. 623 ) is amended—
(1)
by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively;
(2)
by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
(b)
Exemption for slaughter and preparation occurring at custom slaughter facilities
(1)
Definition of State
In this subsection, the term  State  means any State or territory.
(2)
Exemption
The provisions of this title requiring inspection of the slaughter of animals and the preparation of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat, and meat food products at establishments conducting those operations for commerce shall not apply to the slaughtering by any person of animals at a custom slaughter facility and the preparation at that custom slaughter facility and transportation in commerce of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat, and meat food products of those animals if—
(A)
the slaughtering and preparation carried out at the custom slaughter facility is carried out in accordance with the law of the State in which the custom slaughter facility is located; and
(B)
the animals are slaughtered and the carcasses, parts thereof, meat, and meat food products of the animals are prepared exclusively for distribution to—
(i)
household consumers within the State in which the custom slaughter facility is located; or
(ii)
restaurants, hotels, boarding houses, grocery stores, or other establishments located in the State in which the custom slaughter facility is located that—
(I)
are involved in the preparation of meals served directly to consumers; or
(II)
offer meat and meat food products for sale directly to consumers in the State.
 ; and
(3)
in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), in the second sentence, by striking  paragraph (b)  and inserting  subsection .
3.
No preemption of State law
Nothing in an amendment made by section 2 preempts any State law relating to—
(1)
the slaughter of animals or the preparation of carcasses, parts thereof, meat, and meat food products at a custom slaughter facility; or
(2)
the sale of meat or meat food products.