PRIME Act

This bill would let states allow meat from custom slaughter facilities to be sold within the state without federal inspection, as long as the facility follows state law. Right now, the federal exemption is mostly for meat used by the owner’s household, guests, or employees. The bill expands that so meat processed at these facilities could go to in‑state household consumers, as well as restaurants, hotels, boarding houses, grocery stores, and similar places that serve or sell directly to customers in the state . It also says it does not override any state laws about custom slaughter or meat sales, so states can keep stricter rules if they want .

In short, it aims to make it easier to buy and sell locally processed meat inside a state, while leaving states in charge of safety rules for these facilities and sales .

• Who is affected | What changes | Where it applies | Oversight
• Farmers, custom slaughter facilities, local shops and restaurants, and in‑state consumers | Meat from custom facilities could be sold to in‑state consumers and certain businesses without federal inspection, if state law is followed | Only within the same state (no interstate sales) | State laws still control; the bill does not preempt them