Committee backs DACF rule to clarify on‑farm poultry processing under 1,000‑bird exemption
The Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee voted unanimously to advance DACF’s major substantive rule (LD 2238) that sets facility and sanitation requirements for producers who slaughter and process under 1,000 whole poultry on their farms, shifting to registration and annual inspection rather than continuous USDA inspection.
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The Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry voted unanimously in work session to report LD 2238 — a department‑proposed major substantive rulemaking — as “ought to pass.” The rule replaces an obsolete Chapter 348 by defining sanitary facility standards and verification requirements for producers processing up to 1,000 whole poultry under the statutory exemption from continuous inspection.
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