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  • Oregon gets USDA OK to operate its own meat inspection program

    Posted on July 29, 2022 By Backyard Bend in category Positive NewstaggedMeat , ODA , Oregon , Politics , USDA

    Oregon is the first state on the West Coast to be approved for a state meat inspection program. Learn more here.

    SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon on Thursday became the first state on the West Coast approved to operate a state meat inspection program.

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) just finalized a cooperative agreement with the Oregon Department of Agriculture to launch the program, aimed at providing economic opportunity and resilience for Oregon’s livestock producers.

    The agreement grants ODA the authority to inspect meat products produced for shipment within the state. Under the agreement, Oregon’s program must develop, administer, and enforce requirements “at least equal to” those imposed under the Federal Meat…

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