I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2315 
To enhance the State inspection of meat and poultry in the United States, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2007 
Mr. POMEROY (for himself, Mr. BLUNT, Mrs. BOYDA of Kansas, Mrs. CUBIN, 
Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. 
MARSHALL, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. 
PETRI, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. BONNER, and 
Mr. SALAZAR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To enhance the State inspection of meat and poultry in 
the United States, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘New Markets for 
State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. STATE MEAT INSPECTION PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Federal Meat In-
spection Act (21 U.S.C. 661 et seq.) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘TITLE III—STATE MEAT 
INSPECTION PROGRAMS 
‘‘SEC. 301. POLICY AND FINDINGS. 
‘‘(a) POLICY.—It is the policy of Congress to protect 
the public from meat and meat food products that are 
adulterated or misbranded and to assist in efforts by State 
and other government agencies to accomplish that policy. 
‘‘(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
‘‘(1) the goal of a safe and wholesome supply 
of meat and meat food products throughout the 
United States would be better served if a consistent 
set of requirements, established by the Federal Gov-
ernment, were applied to all meat and meat food 
products, whether produced under State inspection 
or Federal inspection; 
‘‘(2) under such a system, State and Federal 
meat inspection programs would function together to 
create a seamless inspection system to ensure food 
safety and inspire consumer confidence in the food 
supply in interstate commerce; and 
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‘‘(3) such a system would ensure the viability of 
State meat inspection programs, which should help 
to foster the viability of small establishments. 
‘‘SEC. 302. APPROVAL OF STATE MEAT INSPECTION PRO-
GRAMS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this Act, the Secretary may approve a State meat 
inspection program and allow the shipment in commerce 
of carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food prod-
ucts inspected under the State meat inspection program 
in accordance with this title. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To receive or maintain ap-
proval from the Secretary for a State meat inspec-
tion program in accordance with subsection (a), a 
State shall— 
‘‘(A) implement a State meat inspection 
program that enforces the mandatory ante-
mortem and postmortem inspection, reinspec-
tion, sanitation, and related Federal require-
ments of titles I, II, and IV (including the regu-
lations, directives, notices, policy memoranda, 
and other regulatory requirements issued under 
those titles); and 
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‘‘(B) enter into a cooperative agreement 
with the Secretary in accordance with sub-
section (c). 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the re-
quirements described in paragraph (1), a State 
meat inspection program reviewed in accord-
ance with section 2 of the New Markets for 
State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2007 
shall implement, not later than 180 days after 
the date on which the report is submitted under 
subsection (b) of such section, all recommenda-
tions from the review, in a manner approved by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) REVIEW OF NEW STATE MEAT IN-
SPECTION PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(i) 
REVIEW
REQUIREMENT.—Not 
later than one year after the date on which 
the Secretary approves a new State meat 
inspection program, the Secretary shall 
conduct a review of the new State meat in-
spection program, which shall include— 
‘‘(I) a determination of the effec-
tiveness of the new State meat inspec-
tion program; and 
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‘‘(II) identification of changes 
necessary to ensure enforcement of 
Federal inspection requirements. 
‘‘(ii) 
IMPLEMENTATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—In addition to the requirements 
described in paragraph (1), to continue to 
be an approved State meat inspection pro-
gram, a new State meat inspection pro-
gram shall implement all recommendations 
from the review conducted in accordance 
with this subparagraph, in a manner ap-
proved by the Secretary. 
‘‘(iii) DEFINITION
OF
NEW
STATE 
MEAT INSPECTION PROGRAM.—In this sub-
paragraph, the term ‘new State meat in-
spection program’ means a State meat in-
spection program that is not approved in 
accordance with subsection (a) between the 
effective date of the New Markets for 
State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 
2006 and the date that is one year after 
the effective date of such Act. 
‘‘(c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—Notwithstanding 
chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary 
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may enter into a cooperative agreement with a State 
that— 
‘‘(1) establishes the terms governing the rela-
tionship between the Secretary and the State meat 
inspection program; 
‘‘(2) provides that the State will adopt (includ-
ing adoption by reference) provisions identical to ti-
tles I, II, and IV (including the regulations, direc-
tives, notices, policy memoranda, and other regu-
latory requirements issued under those titles); 
‘‘(3) provides that State-inspected and passed 
meat and meat food products shall be marked with 
a mark of State inspection, which shall be deemed 
to be an official mark, in accordance with require-
ments issued by the Secretary; 
‘‘(4) provides that the State will comply with all 
labeling requirements issued by the Secretary gov-
erning meat and meat food products inspected under 
the State meat inspection program; 
‘‘(5) provides that the Secretary shall have au-
thority— 
‘‘(A) to detain and seize livestock, car-
casses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food 
products under the State meat inspection pro-
gram; 
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‘‘(B) to obtain access to facilities, records, 
livestock, carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, 
and meat food products of any person, firm, or 
corporation that slaughters, processes, handles, 
stores, transports, or sells meat or meat food 
products inspected under the State meat inspec-
tion program to determine compliance with this 
Act (including the regulations issued under this 
Act); and 
‘‘(C) to direct the State to conduct any ac-
tivity authorized to be conducted by the Sec-
retary under this Act (including the regulations 
issued under this Act); and 
‘‘(6) includes such other terms as the Secretary 
determines to be necessary to ensure that the ac-
tions of the State and the State meat inspection pro-
gram are consistent with this Act (including the reg-
ulations, directives, notices, policy memoranda, and 
other regulatory requirements issued under this 
Act). 
‘‘(d) RESTRICTION ON ESTABLISHMENT SIZE.—After 
the date that is 90 days after the effective date of the 
New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act 
of 2006, establishments with more than 50 employees may 
not be accepted into a State meat inspection program. Any 
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establishment that is subject to state inspection on such 
date, may remain subject to State inspection. 
‘‘(e) REIMBURSEMENT OF STATE COSTS.—The Sec-
retary shall reimburse a State for not less than 50 percent 
of the State’s costs of meeting the Federal requirements 
for the State meat inspection program. 
‘‘(f) SAMPLING.—A duly authorized representative of 
the Secretary shall be afforded access to State inspected 
establishments to take reasonable samples of the inventory 
of such establishments upon payment of the fair market 
value therefor. 
‘‘(g) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If the Secretary determines 
that a State meat inspection program does not comply 
with this title or the cooperative agreement under sub-
section (c), the Secretary shall take such action as the Sec-
retary determines to be necessary to ensure that the car-
casses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food products 
in the State are inspected in a manner that effectuates 
this Act (including the regulations, directives, notices, pol-
icy memoranda, and other regulatory requirements issued 
under this Act). 
‘‘SEC. 303. AUTHORITY TO TAKE OVER STATE MEAT INSPEC-
TION PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) NOTIFICATION.—If the Secretary has reason to 
believe that a State is not in compliance with this Act (in-
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cluding the regulations, directives, notices, policy memo-
randa, and other regulatory requirements issued under 
this Act) or the cooperative agreement under section 
302(c) and is considering the revocation or temporary sus-
pension of the approval of the State meat inspection pro-
gram, the Secretary shall promptly notify and consult with 
the Governor of the State. 
‘‘(b) SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may revoke 
or temporarily suspend the approval of a State meat 
inspection program and take over a State meat in-
spection program if the Secretary determines that 
the State meat inspection program is not in compli-
ance with this Act (including the regulations, direc-
tives, notices, policy memoranda, and other regu-
latory requirements issued under this Act) or the co-
operative agreement under section 302(c). 
‘‘(2) PROCEDURES
FOR
REINSTATEMENT.—A 
State meat inspection program that has been the 
subject of a revocation may be reinstated as an ap-
proved State meat inspection program under this 
Act only in accordance with the procedures under 
section 302(b)(2)(B). 
‘‘(c) PUBLICATION.—If the Secretary revokes or tem-
porarily suspends the approval of a State meat inspection 
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program in accordance with subsection (b), the Secretary 
shall publish notice of the revocation or temporary suspen-
sion under that subsection in the Federal Register. 
‘‘(d) INSPECTION OF ESTABLISHMENTS.—Not later 
than 30 days after the date of publication of a determina-
tion under subsection (c), an establishment subject to a 
State meat inspection program with respect to which the 
Secretary makes a determination under subsection (b) 
shall be inspected by the Secretary. 
‘‘SEC. 304. EXPEDITED AUTHORITY TO TAKE OVER INSPEC-
TION 
OF 
STATE-INSPECTED 
ESTABLISH-
MENTS. 
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, if 
the Secretary determines that an establishment operating 
under a State meat inspection program is not operating 
in accordance with this Act (including the regulations, di-
rectives, notices, policy memoranda, and other regulatory 
requirements issued under this Act) or the cooperative 
agreement under section 302(c), and the State, after noti-
fication by the Secretary to the Governor, has not taken 
appropriate action within a reasonable time as determined 
by the Secretary, the Secretary may immediately deter-
mine that the establishment is an establishment that shall 
be inspected by the Secretary, until such time as the Sec-
retary determines that the State will meet the require-
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ments of this Act (including the regulations, directives, no-
tices, policy memoranda, and other regulatory require-
ments) and the cooperative agreement with respect to the 
establishment. 
‘‘SEC. 305. ANNUAL REVIEW. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop and 
implement a process to annually review each State meat 
inspection program approved under this title and to certify 
the State meat inspection programs that comply with the 
cooperative agreement entered into with the State under 
section 302(c). 
‘‘(b) COMMENT FROM INTERESTED PARTIES.—In 
developing the review process described in subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall solicit comment from interested par-
ties. 
‘‘SEC. 306. FEDERAL INSPECTION OPTION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An establishment that operates 
in a State with an approved State meat inspection pro-
gram may apply for inspection under the State meat in-
spection program or for Federal inspection. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—An establishment shall not make 
an application under subsection (a) more than once every 
four years.’’. 
(b) RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL STORES.—Title IV 
of the Federal Meat Inspection Act is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating section 411 (21 U.S.C. 
681) as section 414; and 
(2) by inserting after section 410 (21 U.S.C. 
680) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 411. RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL STORES. 
‘‘(a) LIMITATION ON APPLICABILITY OF INSPECTION 
REQUIREMENTS.—The provisions of this Act requiring in-
spection of the slaughter of animals and the preparation 
of carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food prod-
ucts shall not apply to operations of types traditionally 
and usually conducted at retail stores and restaurants, as 
determined by the Secretary, if the operations are con-
ducted at a retail store, restaurant, or similar retail estab-
lishment for sale of such prepared articles in normal retail 
quantities or for service of the articles to consumers at 
such an establishment. 
‘‘(b) CENTRAL KITCHEN FACILITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purposes of this 
section, operations conducted at a central kitchen fa-
cility of a restaurant shall be considered to be con-
ducted at a restaurant if the central kitchen of the 
restaurant prepares meat or meat food products that 
are ready to eat when they leave the facility and are 
served in meals or as entrees only to customers at 
restaurants owned or operated by the same person, 
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firm, or corporation that owns or operates the facil-
ity. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—A facility described in para-
graph (1) shall be subject to section 202 and may 
be subject to the inspection requirements of title I 
for as long as the Secretary determines to be nec-
essary, if the Secretary determines that the sanitary 
conditions or practices of the facility or the proc-
essing procedures or methods at the facility are such 
that any of the meat or meat food products of the 
facility are rendered adulterated. 
‘‘SEC. 412. ACCEPTANCE OF INTERSTATE SHIPMENTS OF 
MEAT AND MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS. 
‘‘Notwithstanding any provision of State law, a State 
or local government shall not prohibit or restrict the move-
ment or sale of meat or meat food products that have been 
inspected and passed in accordance with this Act for inter-
state commerce. 
‘‘SEC. 413. ADVISORY COMMITTEES FOR FEDERAL AND 
STATE PROGRAMS. 
‘‘The Secretary may appoint advisory committees 
consisting of such representatives of appropriate State 
agencies as the Secretary and the State agencies may des-
ignate to consult with the Secretary concerning State and 
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Federal programs with respect to meat inspection and 
other matters within the scope of this Act.’’. 
SEC. 3. STATE POULTRY INSPECTION PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Poultry Products Inspection 
Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) is amended by striking section 
5 and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 5. STATE POULTRY INSPECTION PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) POLICY.—It is the policy of Congress to protect 
the public from poultry products that are adulterated or 
misbranded and to assist in efforts by State and other gov-
ernment agencies to accomplish that policy. 
‘‘(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
‘‘(1) the goal of a safe and wholesome supply 
of poultry products throughout the United States 
would be better served if a consistent set of require-
ments, established by the Federal Government, were 
applied to all poultry products, whether produced 
under State inspection or Federal inspection; 
‘‘(2) under such a system, State and Federal 
poultry inspection programs would function together 
to create a seamless inspection system to ensure 
food safety and inspire consumer confidence in the 
food supply in interstate commerce; and 
‘‘(3) such a system would ensure the viability of 
State poultry inspection programs, which should 
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help to foster the viability of small official establish-
ments. 
‘‘(c) APPROVAL
OF STATE POULTRY INSPECTION 
PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this Act, the Secretary may approve a 
State poultry inspection program and allow the ship-
ment in commerce of poultry products inspected 
under the State poultry inspection program in ac-
cordance with this section and section 5A. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To receive or main-
tain approval from the Secretary for a State 
poultry inspection program in accordance with 
paragraph (1), a State shall— 
‘‘(i) implement a State poultry inspec-
tion program that enforces the mandatory 
antemortem and postmortem inspection, 
reinspection, sanitation, and related Fed-
eral requirements of sections 1 through 4 
and 6 through 33 (including the regula-
tions, directives, notices, policy memo-
randa, and other regulatory requirements 
issued under those sections); and 
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‘‘(ii) enter into a cooperative agree-
ment with the Secretary in accordance 
with paragraph (3). 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the 
requirements described in subparagraph 
(A), a State poultry inspection program re-
viewed in accordance with section 2 of the 
New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and 
Poultry Act of 2006 shall implement, not 
later 180 days after the date on which the 
report is submitted under subsection (b) of 
such section, all recommendations from the 
review, in a manner approved by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(ii) REVIEW OF NEW STATE POUL-
TRY INSPECTION PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(I) REVIEW
REQUIREMENT.— 
Not later than one year after the date 
on which the Secretary approves a 
new State poultry inspection program, 
the Secretary shall conduct a review 
of the new State poultry inspection 
program, which shall include— 
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‘‘(aa) a determination of the 
effectiveness of the new State 
poultry inspection program; and 
‘‘(bb) 
identification 
of 
changes necessary to ensure en-
forcement of Federal inspection 
requirements. 
‘‘(II) 
IMPLEMENTATION
RE-
QUIREMENTS.—In addition to the re-
quirements described in subparagraph 
(A), to continue to be an approved 
State poultry inspection program, a 
new State poultry inspection program 
shall implement all recommendations 
from the review conducted in accord-
ance with this clause, in a manner ap-
proved by the Secretary. 
‘‘(III) 
DEFINITION
OF
NEW 
STATE
POULTRY
INSPECTION
PRO-
GRAM.—In this clause, the term ‘new 
State poultry inspection program’ 
means a State poultry inspection pro-
gram that is not approved in accord-
ance with paragraph (1) between the 
effective date of the New Markets for 
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State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act 
of 2006 and the date that is one year 
after the effective date of such Act. 
‘‘(3) 
COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENT.—Notwith-
standing chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code, 
the Secretary may enter into a cooperative agree-
ment with a State that— 
‘‘(A) establishes the terms governing the 
relationship between the Secretary and the 
State poultry inspection program; 
‘‘(B) provides that the State will adopt (in-
cluding adoption by reference) provisions iden-
tical to sections 1 through 4 and 6 through 33 
(including the regulations, directives, notices, 
policy memoranda, and other regulatory re-
quirements issued under those sections); 
‘‘(C) provides that State-inspected and 
passed poultry products may be marked with 
the mark of State inspection, which shall be 
deemed to be an official mark, in accordance 
with requirements issued by the Secretary; 
‘‘(D) provides that the State will comply 
with all labeling requirements issued by the 
Secretary governing poultry products inspected 
under the State poultry inspection program; 
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‘‘(E) provides that the Secretary shall have 
authority— 
‘‘(i) to detain and seize poultry and 
poultry products under the State poultry 
inspection program; 
‘‘(ii) to obtain access to facilities, 
records, and poultry products of any per-
son that slaughters, processes, handles, 
stores, transports, or sells poultry products 
inspected under the State poultry inspec-
tion program to determine compliance with 
this Act (including the regulations issued 
under this Act); and 
‘‘(iii) to direct the State to conduct 
any activity authorized to be conducted by 
the Secretary under this Act (including the 
regulations issued under this Act); and 
‘‘(F) includes such other terms as the Sec-
retary determines to be necessary to ensure 
that the actions of the State and the State 
poultry inspection program are consistent with 
this Act (including the regulations, directives, 
notices, policy memoranda, and other regulatory 
requirements issued under this Act). 
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‘‘(4) RESTRICTION ON ESTABLISHMENT SIZE.— 
After the date that is 90 days after the effective 
date of the New Markets for State-Inspected Meat 
and Poultry Act of 2006, establishments with more 
than 50 employees may not be accepted into a State 
meat inspection program. Any establishment that is 
subject to state inspection on such date may remain 
subject to state inspection. 
‘‘(5) REIMBURSEMENT OF STATE COSTS.—The 
Secretary may reimburse a State for not more than 
60 percent of the State’s costs of meeting the Fed-
eral requirements for the State poultry inspection 
program. 
‘‘(6) SAMPLING.—A duly authorized representa-
tive of the Secretary shall be afforded access to 
State inspected establishments to take reasonable 
samples of their inventory upon payment of the fair 
market value therefor. 
‘‘(7) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If the Secretary deter-
mines that a State poultry inspection program does 
not comply with this section, section 5A, or the co-
operative agreement under paragraph (3), the Sec-
retary shall take such action as the Secretary deter-
mines to be necessary to ensure that the poultry 
products in the State are inspected in a manner that 
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effectuates this Act (including the regulations, direc-
tives, notices, policy memoranda, and other regu-
latory requirements issued under this Act). 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REVIEW.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop 
and implement a process to annually review each 
State poultry inspection program approved under 
this section and to certify the State poultry inspec-
tion programs that comply with the cooperative 
agreement entered into with the State under sub-
section (c)(3). 
‘‘(2) COMMENT FROM INTERESTED PARTIES.— 
In developing the review process described in para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall solicit comment from 
interested parties. 
‘‘(e) FEDERAL INSPECTION OPTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—An official establishment 
that operates in a State with an approved State 
poultry inspection program may apply for inspection 
under the State poultry inspection program or for 
Federal inspection. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—An official establishment 
shall not make an application under paragraph (1) 
more than once every 4 years. 
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‘‘SEC. 5A. AUTHORITY TO TAKE OVER STATE POULTRY IN-
SPECTION ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO TAKE OVER STATE POULTRY 
INSPECTION PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) NOTIFICATION.—If the Secretary has rea-
son to believe that a State is not in compliance with 
this Act (including the regulations, directives, no-
tices, policy memoranda, and other regulatory re-
quirements issued under this Act) or the cooperative 
agreement under section 5(c)(3) and is considering 
the revocation or temporary suspension of the ap-
proval of the State poultry inspection program, the 
Secretary shall promptly notify and consult with the 
Governor of the State. 
‘‘(2) SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may re-
voke or temporarily suspend the approval of a 
State poultry inspection program and take over 
a State poultry inspection program if the Sec-
retary determines that the State poultry inspec-
tion program is not in compliance with this Act 
(including the regulations, directives, notices, 
policy memoranda, and other regulatory re-
quirements issued under this Act) or the coop-
erative agreement. 
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‘‘(B) 
PROCEDURES
FOR
REINSTATE-
MENT.—A State poultry inspection program 
that has been the subject of a revocation may 
be reinstated as an approved State poultry in-
spection program under this Act only in accord-
ance 
with 
the 
procedures 
under 
section 
5(c)(2)(B)(ii). 
‘‘(3) PUBLICATION.—If the Secretary revokes 
or temporarily suspends the approval of a State 
poultry inspection program in accordance with para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall publish notice of the 
revocation or temporary suspension under that para-
graph in the Federal Register. 
‘‘(4) INSPECTION
OF
ESTABLISHMENTS.—Not 
later than 30 days after the date of publication of 
a determination under paragraph (3), an official es-
tablishment subject to a State poultry inspection 
program with respect to which the Secretary makes 
a determination under paragraph (2) shall be in-
spected by the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) EXPEDITED AUTHORITY TO TAKE OVER IN-
SPECTION OF STATE-INSPECTED OFFICIAL ESTABLISH-
MENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
title, if the Secretary determines that an official establish-
ment operating under a State poultry inspection program 
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is not operating in accordance with this Act (including the 
regulations, directives, notices, policy memoranda, and 
other regulatory requirements issued under this Act) or 
the cooperative agreement under section 5(c)(3), and the 
State, after notification by the Secretary to the Governor, 
has not taken appropriate action within a reasonable time 
as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary may imme-
diately determine that the official establishment is an es-
tablishment that shall be inspected by the Secretary, until 
such time as the Secretary determines that the State will 
meet the requirements of this Act (including the regula-
tions, directives, notices, policy memoranda, and other reg-
ulatory requirements) and the cooperative agreement with 
respect to the official establishment.’’. 
(b) RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL STORES, ACCEPT-
ANCE OF INTERSTATE SHIPMENTS OF POULTRY PROD-
UCTS, AND ADVISORY COMMITTEES FOR FEDERAL AND 
STATE PROGRAMS.—The Poultry Products Inspection Act 
(21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 30 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 31. RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL STORES. 
‘‘(a) LIMITATION ON APPLICABILITY OF INSPECTION 
REQUIREMENTS.—The provisions of this Act requiring in-
spection of the slaughter of poultry and the processing of 
poultry products shall not apply to operations of types tra-
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