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House committee advances bill allowing small farms to process poultry under USDA exemption
Summary
The House Standing Committee on Agriculture gave House Bill 278 a favorable report to the full House, advancing a measure that would allow small Kentucky poultry producers to process and sell poultry under an existing USDA exemption with state labeling and food-safety expectations.
House Bill 278, which would allow small poultry producers in Kentucky to process and sell poultry under an existing U.S. Department of Agriculture exemption, received a favorable report from the Kentucky House Standing Committee on Agriculture on March 5.
Sponsor Representative Josh Bray, state representative for House District 71, told the committee the bill would let small producers “process it safely” and references non-CFR Section 381.1 commercial food-processing standards. Bray said the measure is intended to align Kentucky with other states: “This is an exemption that 48 states currently utilize and Kentucky isn't 1 of them.”
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