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Georgia committee hears bill to tighten labeling, testing for grass‑fed and pasture‑raised meat
Summary
On April 1 the House Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Committee discussed HBH 17, a bill that would set definitions, testing requirements and labeling disclosures for large-scale grass‑fed and pasture‑raised meat and poultry producers; the measure had a hearing only and no formal vote.
On April 1 the Georgia House Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Committee heard HBH 17 (LC 600163S), a bill the committee chair said is intended to increase transparency and fairness in meat and poultry labeling and to require routine testing for certain animal diseases.
The bill’s author, Chairman Dickey, told the committee the proposal targets large-scale producers and seeks standardized definitions — for example, distinguishing animals raised entirely on pasture from those that were later grain‑finished — so “consumers are getting what they’re paying for.”
The bill as drafted would exempt small producers and set numerical thresholds for “large‑scale” operations: the text in committee packets defined large‑scale grass‑fed meat producers as operations producing at least 1,000,000 pounds per year and large‑scale pasture‑raised poultry producers at 250,000 birds per…
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