date:Jan 18, 2016
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Instead of taking action to close this obvious loophole, members of Congress are pushing legislation to expand the exemption to all meat sold within a state.
In July 2015, U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ken., who is a producer of grass-fed beef himself,introduced the Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption (PRIME) Act, which would expand the custom slaughter exemption to cover the sale of the meat, as well.
Specifically, the bill would allow meat that is prepared at a custom-e