Posted on 05/01/2020 4:34:03 PM PDT by RandFan
Just a few closures of meat packing plants are putting the entire meat industry on the brink of collapse. A congressman who also raises cattle sounded the alarm for years that burdensome regulations needed to go. Now will Congress act in time?
Representative Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) is gaining bipartisan support for his PRIME Act, which stands for Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption Act. The bill has been sitting in the House and the Senate for nearly a year, meaning it could be fast tracked to President Donald Trump if the political will is there.
The legislation lifts restrictions on over 1,000 mom-and-pop meat processing plants that aren’t allowed to supply restaurants, schools, hotels, and the like. Yes, you read that right. The American people are dependent on a few big businesses that enjoy great advantages thanks to regulation.
Massie has proposed this common-sense solution for years to no avail. Apparently nobody was listening, just like when he opposed the $2.2 trillion stimulus package in late March. However, since Tyson Foods board chairman warned the supply chain was “breaking,” and Trump ordered meat processing plants to stay open, Massie is no longer being ignored.
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A good point from the Smithfield shutdown, a local Oregon meat plant just loaded the bins with 3# packs of quality double smoked bacon, on sale!
You got that right. and King is a persecuted man.
Thanks. I read the bill. There is nothing in it that states it is anti-vax. Or, that gives any indication that if accepted that it will lead to diseased animals.
It does state that small custom slaughterhouses that process food animals are subject to the laws of the state they are located in and distribution of those products are to be within the states the smaller slaughterhouses are located in. This seems to be reasonable as smaller slaughterhouses do not have the capacity to process in volumes to supply nationwide grocery demands.
He is scum.
“We need legislation. The DPA is not good enough and fool of loopholes”
Not when you Executive Orders through it.
Isn’t there a petition we can sign? Even if the petition is more appropriate for House/Senate, they would see how strong we support the subject
Lol. As if I have any idea or care who you are.
DPA?
Defense Production Act
Corn only goes for food or raising food not fuel
Irradiation of milk and all meat
No more subsidies for not farming
Immunize roundup from lawsuits.
The EO’s are not good enough.
Trump does not write them. The swamp does.
This is why we need legislation and why Massie is pushing it
No the POTUS writes them. You are too enamored of Massie and your ignorance of the legal process is showing.
Give me a break.
The swamp writes the EO and they tell Trump “sign and it will fix the problem”
And of course it does no such thing!
Wake up.
We meed legislation to fix this.
bump
I’ll have to try one to be sure :)
More than 4,900 workers in meat processing plants have been diagnosed with COVID-19, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday.
Time to pass this and let smaller processors take over...
EO’s are designed to get around this. You have a better chance getting a date with Kate Beckinsale than this legislation getting passed.
“By the time the average American is fifty, he’s got five pounds of undigested red meat in his bowels.”
It has something to do with a John Wayne’s autopsy. How’s that for out of left field?
I think it has a chance if the shortages happen and it becomes a problem.
We’ll see Vader. i’ll keep an eye on it!: )
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