Regulatory Updates

Regulatory Updates

Bipartisan bill would allow states to regulate processing, sale of local meat

The Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption (PRIME) Act would give individual states the freedom to permit intrastate distribution of custom-slaughtered meat such as beef, pork, goat or lamb to consumers, restaurants, hotels, boarding houses and grocery stores.

Pork Cuts Butcher

Animal Health & Veterinary

Legislation would establish standards for ‘downed’ pigs

A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would require a joint report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that tracks pathogens associated with nonambulatory, or “downed,” pigs.

Virus And Bacteria

Regulatory Updates

Bill would exempt livestock haulers from hours-of-service rules

Legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would permanently exempt livestock, insect and aquatic animal haulers from federal hours-of-service (HOS) regulations.

Regulatory Updates

Save Our Bacon Act aims to counteract Proposition 12

Introduced by Iowa Rep. Ashley Hinson on July 23, the Save Our Bacon Act “would alleviate this overregulation by prohibiting state and local governments from interfering with the production of livestock in other states.”

Regulatory Updates

Former FDA scientist named K-State-AAFCO ingredient review manager

Garret Ashabranner will oversee the scientific evaluation process for new pet food and livestock feed ingredient submissions through the SRIS partnership.

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Regulatory Updates

Proposition 12 ‘like a wrecking ball’ to small restaurants

Latino Restaurant Association leader tells House Agriculture Committee the law placed economic pressure on restaurants that were already operating on “razor-thin margins.”

Witnesses provide testimony during the House Agriculture Committee hearing “An Examination of the Implications of Proposition 12.”

Regulatory Updates

NARA partners with Côte d'Ivoire ministry to develop animal feed standards

North American Renderers Association signs five-year agreement with West African nation's animal resources ministry to advance regulatory harmonization and technical knowledge sharing.

Democratic senators urge ag committee to protect Proposition 12

The move comes after the Trump administration sued California and Gov. Gavin Newsom over the state’s animal housing laws, claiming that they are contributing to high egg prices.

Congress House Senate

Animal Feed Additives & Ingredients

Clarification on hemp opens door to feed use in Australia

Australian producers should be able to feed hemp seed meal without running afoul of regulators after updates to regulatory language.

Hemp Seeds Scoop

Regulatory Updates

MAWS Act would fund use of invasive blue catfish in pet food, animal feed

The bipartisan federal bill would establish a NOAA pilot program providing grants to pet and animal food companies to develop supply chains for blue catfish harvested from the Chesapeake Bay.

Under the MAWS Act, NOAA would administer grants to pet and animal food manufacturers to use the invasive blue catfish which is threatening the Chesapeake Bay on the Atlantic coast of the U.S.

Regulatory Updates

GM soybean assessed as safe for inclusion in EU feeds

After a favorable safety assessment, the European Commission has authorized a genetically modified (GM) soybean for use in food and animal feed in the European Union.

Soybeans And Pods

Supreme Court declines to hear Proposition 12 challenge

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case brought by the Iowa Pork Producers Association challenging California’s Proposition 12.

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