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‘‘(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, 
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
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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 
Federal programs with respect to meat inspection and 
other matters within the scope of this Act.’’. 
(c) STATE POULTRY INSPECTION PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Poultry Products In-
spection 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
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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 
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—
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‘‘(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 
‘‘(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 11103(a) 
of the Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act 
of 2007 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 re-
view, in a manner approved by the Sec-
retary.
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‘‘(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— 
‘‘(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-