PRIME Act
The Meat Institute is opposed to the Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption Act (PRIME) for the risk it poses to food safety.
The PRIME Act would amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to allow custom slaughter facilities to sell uninspected meat directly to consumers, to restaurants and food service, and at retail. Consumers may not be aware they are eating uninspected meat.
- Under The Federal Meat Inspection Act, custom slaughter facilities harvest livestock for the personal use of the owner of the animal. The food produced may not enter commerce. There is no continuous inspection and no veterinarian required to assess the health of the livestock.
