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> (...) which would allow small farms to have their livestock slaughtered at custom facilities instead of USDA facilities I don't understand. That bill only cr

> (...) which would allow small farms to have their livestock slaughtered at custom facilities instead of USDA facilities I don't understand. That bill only creates loopholes to avoid health and safety checks. What's the point? I mean, the bill eliminates health and safety checks, and then declares that the bill "will further allow farmers to provide food, that would otherwise go to waste". Yet, the food that fails health and safety checks is supposed to be taken out of the market, right? Isn't that the whole point of the system? How is this compatible with a civilized society?

34679 6y ago
The same exemption already exists for poultry in the US. Right now, if I want to buy beef from a farmer down the road, I have to buy a whole or half cow, then have it butchered. This would allow farmers to sell cuts of beef locally. There are only a handful of USDA meat processors, they are all owned by multinational conglomerates, and they have no interest in processing cuts of meat at the local scale. They serve factory farms and the current law was designed to protect their grip on the market.
- rumanator 6y ago
  > The same exemption already exists for poultry in the US. That doesn't matter at all. Either the health checks are not justified, or this bill is tailored to expose everyone to health and safety hazards just to increase some industry's profit margin. Trying to spin this nonsense as a way to magically create food through legislation is disingenuous and takes advantage of people's ignorance.
  - 34679 6y ago
    Right now, cows are being killed without ever reaching a processor. Families are looking for meat at grocery stores and finding empty shelves. Does that make sense to you? Every state has a Health Department and laws regarding slaughter, and this bill would not exempt any processors from those laws.

34679 6y ago

The same exemption already exists for poultry in the US. Right now, if I want to buy beef from a farmer down the road, I have to buy a whole or half cow, then have it butchered. This would allow farmers to sell cuts of beef locally. There are only a handful of USDA meat processors, they are all owned by multinational conglomerates, and they have no interest in processing cuts of meat at the local scale. They serve factory farms and the current law was designed to protect their grip on the market.

rumanator 6y ago
> The same exemption already exists for poultry in the US. That doesn't matter at all. Either the health checks are not justified, or this bill is tailored to expose everyone to health and safety hazards just to increase some industry's profit margin. Trying to spin this nonsense as a way to magically create food through legislation is disingenuous and takes advantage of people's ignorance.
- 34679 6y ago
  Right now, cows are being killed without ever reaching a processor. Families are looking for meat at grocery stores and finding empty shelves. Does that make sense to you? Every state has a Health Department and laws regarding slaughter, and this bill would not exempt any processors from those laws.