AN ACT relating to poultry.

Create a new section of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 to define "end consumer"; allow certain USDA-exempted poultry processors to sell to end consumers on a farm, at a farmers market, or at a roadside stand.

Introduced: February 4, 2025

Last action: March 7, 2025

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This bill would allow certain small poultry processors who are exempt from full USDA inspection requirements to sell their products directly to end consumers. These sales could take place on a farm, at a farmers market, or at a roadside stand. It also establishes a definition for "end consumer" under Kentucky food safety law. Who it may affect: small and family poultry farmers, farmers market vendors, and Kentuckians who buy locally raised poultry.

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