Committee backs Wyoming Prime Act trigger bill to allow retail sales from custom slaughterhouses pending federal action

Senate File 120, known in testimony as the Wyoming Prime Act, cleared the Agriculture, State & Public Lands & Water Resources Committee on a voice and recorded vote after advocates said it would expand local market options for small producers while the Department of Agriculture warned of legal and enforcement gaps until the federal Prime Act becomes law.

Senator Salazar introduced the bill to the committee, saying, “I have before you the Wyoming Prime Act, which is a bill that would allow small scale farmers and ranchers to sell homemade meat products,” and described the measure as a “trigger bill” that would take effect only if Congress passes the federal Prime Act. He said the measure would “allow meat from custom slaughterhouses to be sold to customers and retailers” and would require labeling to inform consumers that the product “was not inspected by USDA.”

Tittle Lindholm, identified in testimony as the originator of…