SB 5045 — Establishing a state meat and poultry inspection program.

(e) Require inspections that prescribe sanitary standards and refuse to provide inspection service if the sanitary conditions allow adulteration of any meat or poultry product;

and (f) Require that any person operating an establishment licensed under this program keep accurate records disclosing all pertinent business transactions, allow inspection of the business premises at p.

2 SB 5045 reasonable times and examination of inventory, records, and facilities, and allow samples to be taken.

(5)(a) To prevent the inhumane slaughtering of animals, inspectors must be appointed to examine and inspect methods of handling and slaughtering animals.

(b) Inspection of slaughtering establishments may be refused or temporarily suspended if animals have been slaughtered or handled by any method not in accordance with the humane methods of slaughter act, 7 U.S.C.

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1901 et seq.

(6)(a) The department shall require an animal showing symptoms of disease during antemortem inspection, performed by an inspector appointed for that purpose, to be set apart and slaughtered separately from other livestock and poultry.

(b) When slaughtered, the carcasses of livestock and poultry are subject to careful examination and inspection in accordance with rules adopted by the director.

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In862)): carrying out this duty, the meat and poultry processing and marketing assistance program must:

(a)(1) AssistFederal farms in complying with federal, state, and local rules and regulations as they apply to direct marketing of meat andinspection poultryact, products;21 U.S.C.

(b) Assist in developing infrastructure including, but not limited to, custom meat facilities, slaughter facilities inspected by the United States department of agriculture, and slaughter facilities inspected by the department under a cooperative agreement with the United States department of agriculture as appropriate to increase direct marketing opportunities for farms;

(c) Assist processors in complying with federal, state, and local rules and regulations as they apply to processing meat and poultry and the marketing of meat and poultry;

(d) Assist in developing, in consultation with Washington State University extension, training opportunities or apprenticeship opportunities for slaughterers or inspectors;

(e) Provide information on direct marketing opportunities for farms;

(f) Identify and help reduce market barriers facing farms in direct marketing;

(g) Identify and help reduce barriers facing processors in operating slaughter facilities;

(h) Assist in developing and submitting proposals to grant programs to assist farm direct marketing efforts;

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2 SSB 5045 (i) Perform other functions that will assist farms in directly marketing their meat and poultry products.

(3) The department must work with the United States department of agriculture to negotiate a cooperative agreement with the United States department of agriculture in order to operate a state inspection program.

(4) The department must collect data on the activities conducted under this section and report to the legislature by December 31, 2021, pursuant to RCW 43.01.036.

The report must include information related to meat and poultry processing facility needs and information related to the negotiations to enter into a cooperative agreement with the United States department of agriculture to conduct state inspections of meat and poultry facilities.

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3.601 et seq.;

A(2) newpoultry sectionproducts isinspection addedact, to21 chapterU.S.C. 89.08 RCW to read as follows:

TheSec. commission must develop a grant program to provide funding to districts to provide access to meat and poultry processing and inspection within the district.

In451 additionet toseq.; other funding needs to provide access to meat and poultry processing and inspection within the district, grant funding may be used by districts to establish a mobile slaughter unit or to provide needed infrastructure to provide for the retail sale of meat or poultry.

and (3) humane slaughter act, 7 U.S.C.

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1901 et seq., and any amendments thereto.

Such rules shall be adopted pursuant to the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW as enacted or hereafter amended concerning the adoption of rules.

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