Bill Text: IA HF2257 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to meat and poultry inspection, by providing an exception for certain establishments engaged in the slaughter of poultry and the preparation of poultry products on a custom basis, and including implementation provisions. (Formerly HSB 559.) Effective date: 07/01/2024.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2024-05-01 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 936. [HF2257 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2257-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
MEAT
AND
POULTRY
INSPECTION,
BY
PROVIDING
AN
EXCEPTION
FOR
CERTAIN
ESTABLISHMENTS
ENGAGED
IN
THE
SLAUGHTER
OF
POULTRY
AND
THE
PREPARATION
OF
POULTRY
PRODUCTS
ON
A
CUSTOM
BASIS,
AND
INCLUDING
IMPLEMENTATION
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
189A.4,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
189A.4
Exemptions.
1.
In
order
to
accomplish
the
objectives
of
this
chapter
,
the
secretary
may
exempt
the
following
types
of
operations
from
inspection:
House
File
2257,
p.
2
1.
a.
Slaughtering
and
preparation
by
any
person
of
livestock
and
poultry
of
the
person’s
own
raising
exclusively
for
use
by
the
person
and
members
of
the
person’s
household,
and
the
person’s
nonpaying
guests
and
employees.
2.
b.
Any
other
operations
which
the
secretary
may
determine
would
best
be
exempted
to
further
the
purposes
of
this
chapter
,
to
the
extent
such
exemptions
conform
to
the
federal
Meat
Inspection
Act
and
the
federal
Poultry
Products
Inspection
Act
and
the
regulations
thereunder.
2.
a.
The
secretary
may
allow
a
poultry
establishment
at
which
inspection
is
maintained
to
engage
in
custom
operations,
and
exempt
from
inspection
any
poultry
slaughtered
or
any
poultry
or
poultry
products
otherwise
prepared
on
such
custom
basis,
provided
that
any
carcasses,
parts
thereof,
poultry,
or
poultry
products
wherever
handled
on
a
custom
basis,
or
any
containers
or
packages
containing
such
articles,
are
separated
at
all
times
from
carcasses,
parts
thereof,
poultry,
or
poultry
products
prepared
for
sale,
and
that
all
such
articles
prepared
on
a
custom
basis,
or
any
containers
or
packages
containing
such
articles,
are
plainly
marked
“Not
for
Sale”
immediately
after
being
prepared
and
kept
so
identified
until
delivered
to
the
owner,
and
that
the
establishment
conducting
the
custom
operation
is
maintained
and
operated
in
a
sanitary
manner.
b.
(1)
Paragraph
“a”
shall
be
implemented,
including
administered
and
enforced
by
the
department
of
agriculture
and
land
stewardship,
on
and
after
the
publication
date
of
the
issue
of
the
Iowa
administrative
bulletin
that
includes
a
notice
by
the
secretary
of
agriculture
stating
any
of
the
following:
(a)
Federal
law,
including
a
statute
or
regulation,
allows
for
the
implementation.
(b)
The
United
States
department
of
agriculture
has
delivered
to
the
department
of
agriculture
and
land
stewardship
an
official
approval
of
the
implementation
in
writing.
(2)
The
department
of
agriculture
and
land
stewardship
shall
send
a
copy
of
the
notice
to
the
Iowa
Code
editor
at
least
two
weeks
prior
to
the
publication
date
of
the
Iowa
administrative
bulletin
as
described
in
subparagraph
(1).
House
File
2257,
p.
3
(3)
This
paragraph
is
repealed
on
the
date
that
paragraph
“a”
is
implemented.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2257,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2024
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
