BILL · 2009–10 SESSION

HB 1613: Meat & poultry inspection

Establishing a meat and poultry inspection program.

Summary

Requires the Director of the Washington Department of Agriculture to appoint inspectors to examine and inspect meat food products, facilities, and containers.
Requires the Director of the Washington Department of Agriculture to adopt rules to ensure that dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals are not used as human food.
Requires the Director of the Washington Department of Agriculture to adopt rules regarding the manner in which whole carcasses, parts of carcasses, and meat food products of animals usable as human food must be stored, handled, and transported.
Provides powers and responsibilities to the Director of the Washington Department of Agriculture.

From the House Bill Analysis 2009 (HB 1613), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to meat and poultry inspection programs;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

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