Hyde-Smith, Marshall Drop Bill to Allow Online Beef, Poultry Sales Across State

Hyde-Smith, Marshall Drop Bill to Allow Online Beef, Poultry Sales Across State

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has joined U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) in introducing legislation to create new opportunities for online direct-to-consumer meat and poultry sales for producers, processors, and small meat markets. The Direct Interstate Retail Exemption for Certain Transaction (DIRECT) Act (S.3099) would amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) and the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) to allow for …

Senators introduce bill to allow interstate meat e-commerce

DIRECT Act would let state-inspected meat and poultry processors sell online across state lines in normal retail quantities, creating new direct-to-consumer opportunities while maintaining food safety standards and protecting international trade agreements.

GOP senators want to allow direct sales of state-inspected meat and poultry on the web

State-inspected meat and poultry sold on the internet could soon be crossing state lines, as the federal government embraces “direct to consumer” sales.Direct-to-consumer sales are favored by the nascent “Food Freedom”  movement for reducing food safety concerns. Many state and local statutes use the technique in scaling back food safety regulations for raw milk and various homemade products.Such a tactic hasn’t come up on the federal level unti…