I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2876 
To permit the interstate distribution of State-inspected meat under 
appropriate circumstances. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2007 
Mr. SPACE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To permit the interstate distribution of State-inspected meat 
under appropriate circumstances. 
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 ‘‘Safe Interstate Meat 
Shipment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FEDERAL AND STATE COOPERATION WITH RE-
SPECT TO MEAT INSPECTION. 
(a) WAIVER OF INTRASTATE DISTRIBUTION LIMITA-
TION UNDER THE FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION ACT.— 
Section 301(a) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 
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U.S.C. 661(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(5)(A) Upon application of an appropriate 
State agency with which the Secretary may cooper-
ate under this Act, the Secretary shall verify that 
the mandatory requirements of the State’s meat in-
spection program are at least equal to the Federal 
inspection, reinspection, and sanitation requirements 
under title I of this Act. 
‘‘(B) If the Secretary verifies that the 
mandatory inspection requirements of the State 
from which a State agency submits an applica-
tion under subparagraph (A) are at least equal 
to Federal inspection requirements— 
‘‘(i) the requirement under paragraph 
(1) that meat and meat food products in-
spected under such State’s meat inspection 
program be solely for distribution in such 
State shall not apply; and 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary may perform ran-
dom inspections of State-inspected slaugh-
tering, meat-canning, salting, packing, ren-
dering, or similar establishments in such 
State to ensure that the State meat inspec-
tion program conducted in such State at 
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least meets the Federal inspection require-
ments under title I. 
‘‘(C) If after an inspection performed 
under subparagraph (B) the Secretary deter-
mines that a State-inspected slaughtering, 
meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or 
similar establishment is not subject to manda-
tory inspection requirements at least equal to 
the substantive Federal inspection requirements 
under title I of this Act, the requirement under 
paragraph (1) that meat and meat food prod-
ucts inspected under a State meat inspection 
program be solely for distribution in such State 
shall apply to such slaughtering, meat-canning, 
salting, packing, rendering, or similar establish-
ment until a subsequent inspection verifies that 
the establishment is subject to mandatory in-
spection requirements at least equal to the Fed-
eral inspection requirements under title I.’’. 
(b) WAIVER OF INTRASTATE DISTRIBUTION LIMITA-
TION UNDER
THE POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION 
ACT.—Section 5(a) of the Poultry Products Inspection 
Act (21 U.S.C. 454(a)) is amended by adding the fol-
lowing paragraph at the end thereof: 
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‘‘(5)(A) Upon application of an appropriate 
State agency with which the Secretary may cooper-
ate under this Act, the Secretary shall verify that 
the mandatory requirements of the State’s poultry 
product inspection program are at least equal to the 
Federal inspection, reinspection, and sanitation re-
quirements under this Act. 
‘‘(B) If the Secretary verifies that the 
mandatory inspection requirements of the State 
from which a State agency submits an applica-
tion under subparagraph (A) are at least equal 
to Federal inspection requirements— 
‘‘(i) the requirement under paragraph 
(1) that poultry products inspected under 
such State’s poultry product inspection 
program be solely for distribution in such 
State shall not apply; and 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary may perform ran-
dom inspections of State-inspected official 
establishments in such State to ensure that 
the State poultry product inspection pro-
gram conducted in such State at least 
meets the Federal inspection requirements 
under this Act. 
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‘‘(C) If after an inspection performed 
under subparagraph (B) the Secretary deter-
mines that a State-inspected official establish-
ment is not subject to mandatory inspection re-
quirements at least equal to the substantive 
Federal inspection requirements under this Act, 
the requirement under paragraph (1) that poul-
try and poultry products inspected under a 
State poultry product inspection program be 
solely for distribution in such State shall apply 
to such official establishment until a subsequent 
inspection verifies that the official establish-
ment is subject to mandatory inspection re-
quirements at least equal to the Federal inspec-
tion requirements under this Act.’’. 
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