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Livestock agency seeks inspectors, readies new veterinary diagnostic lab as meat processing expands
Summary
The Department of Livestock told lawmakers it needs meat inspection staff to support a growing in‑state processing sector and is buying one‑time lab equipment for a new Montana Veterinary Diagnostic Lab that will open in about a year.
Department of Livestock executive officer Mike Honeycutt told the subcommittee the agency is preparing for growth in meat and poultry processing while it builds a new Montana Veterinary Diagnostic Lab in Bozeman.
Honeycutt said the new diagnostic lab is under construction and the department will move equipment and operations from the aging Marsh Laboratory into the new facility, requiring one‑time equipment purchases and…
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