Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires all meat plants to be inspected by state before federal approval to open.

Highlights:

• Prohibits use of “food additives” defined as pesticide, color addictive, animal drug, dietary supplements or radiation (Sec. 1). 

• Requires the inspection director to supervise state meat inspection and enforce provisions of the Meat Inspection Act (Sec. 2). 

• Requires slaughtering establishments, which have been granted state meat inspection services, to notify inspection directors of hours of slaughter, only permitted eight hours a day. (Sec. 5). 

• Requires inspectors to mark and label meat products as “New Mexico Inspected and Condemned” if the products are found to be adulterated (Sec. 7). 

• Establishes the punishment for violating the Meat Inspection Act to be a misdemeanor for those who engage in unfair trade and misbranding (Sec. 11).  

• Establishes the following as exempt from provisions of the Meat Inspection Act (Sec. 12): 

• A person who slaughters or prepares livestock for personal consumption; or 

• A person who transports dead, dying, or disabled animals. 

• Requires the methods of slaughtering livestock to be humane, as outlined in the Meat Inspection Act (Sec. 19). 

• Establishes the effective date of provisions to begin July 1, 2024 (Sec. 20). 

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