To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to allow for the interstate internet sales of certain State-inspected meat, and for other purposes.
Direct Interstate Retail Exemption for Certain Transactions Act or the DIRECT Act
This bill allows meat and poultry products inspected by State Meat and Poultry Inspection programs to be sold by retail stores, restaurants, or similar retail-type establishments over the internet and shipped by a carrier in commerce (other than for export to a foreign country), provided the meat and poultry products so inspected are shipped directly to household consumers and in normal retail quantities. (Under the inspection programs, the Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service allows states that meet certain requirements to inspect meat and poultry. The state-inspected products are currently limited to intrastate commerce, unless a state opts into a separate Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program.)
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2989)
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
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