S. 1212 · 119th Congress
LOCAL Foods Act of 2025
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WelchSponsor3 cosponsors · 1 D, 1 R, 1 I
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Livestock Owned by Communities to Advance Local Foods Act of 2025 or the LOCAL Foods Act of 2025
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Mar 31, 2025
Livestock Owned by Communities to Advance Local Foods Act of 2025 or the LOCAL Foods Act of 2025
This bill provides statutory authority for expanding the personal use exemption from inspection requirements for livestock that are slaughtered and prepared by the owner or at custom animal slaughter facilities for meat products intended for personal consumption.
Under current law, the personal use exemption from certain Food Safety and Inspection Service meat inspection requirements applies to a person who raises an animal and slaughters the animal exclusively for personal, household, guest, or employee uses.
The bill applies the exemption to any person who meets these requirements and is the owner of an animal, in whole or in part. This allows for an animal to have multiple owners (e.g., a community or a group of people buying shares in livestock).
Further, the owner may designate an agent to assist in the slaughter, preparation, or transportation of the carcasses (or parts thereof) or meat and meat food products. If the owner designates an agent, the owner must maintain custody and specific identification of the carcasses or meat.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: LOCAL Foods Act of 2025
Also known as: Livestock Owned by Communities to Advance Local Foods Act of 2025
Latest action (Mar 31, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Policy area: Agriculture and Food · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 31, 2025
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.