Montana SB386: Provide for the Montana Local Meat Act

What the bill says

A bill for an act exempting certain meat food processors from food licensure, permitting, certification, packaging, labeling, and inspection regulations, as well as certain other standards and requirements under certain conditions; providing exceptions to certain requirements; revising rulemaking authority; providing definitions; amending sections 30-12-301, 50-31-104, 50-31-106, 50-31-108, 50-31-201, 50-50-102, 50-50-103, 5050-121, 50-50-301, 50-57-102, 81-2-102, 81-2-105, 81-9-201, 81-9-217, 81-9-218, 81-9-219, 81-9-220, and 81-9-234, mca; and providing a contingent effective date.".

From the engrossed text:

A BILL FOR AN ACT EXEMPTING CERTAIN MEAT FOOD PROCESSORS FROM FOOD LICENSURE, PERMITTING, CERTIFICATION, PACKAGING, LABELING, AND INSPECTION REGULATIONS, AS WELL AS CERTAIN OTHER STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS; PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS TO CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS; REVISING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; AMENDING SECTIONS 30-12-301, 50-31-104, 50-31-106, 50-31-108, 50-31-201, 50-50-102, 50-50-103, 5050-121, 50-50-301, 50-57-102, 81-2-102, 81-2-105, 81-9-201, 81-9-217, 81-9-218, 81-9-219, 81-9-220, AND 81-9-234, MCA; AND PROVIDING A CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Short title -- purpose. (1) [Sections 1 through 3] may be cited as the "Montana Local Meat Act". (2) The purpose of this part is to allow for the sale and consumption of local meat and local meat products and to encourage the expansion of agricultural sales by ranches, farms, and home-based processors and the accessibility of local meat and local meat products to informed end consumers (b) enhancing the agricultural economy; and (c) providing Montana citizens with unimpeded access to local meat and local meat products from known sources. NEW SECTION. Section 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following definitions apply: (1) "Deliver" means to transfer a local meat or local meat product as a result of a transaction between a processor or the processor's designated agent and an informed end consumer. …

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