SJR25: Joint Resolution Text

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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

1995 Senate JOINT RESOLUTION 25

May 3, 1995 - Introduced by Senators Moen, Burke, Breske and Clausing, cosponsored by Representatives Musser, Johnsrud, Kreibich, Zukowski, Ryba, F. Lasee, Gronemus, Hahn, Albers, Hasenohrl, Ott, Silbaugh and Grothman. Referred to Special committee on State and Federal Relations.

SJR25,1,2 Relating to: memorializing Congress to allow interstate marketing of state-inspected meat.

SJR25,1,6 Whereas, the Federal Wholesale Meat Act of 1967 allows states to have state meat inspection programs which are required to meet or exceed federal inspection standards of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for wholesomeness, cleanliness and food safety; and

SJR25,1,9 Whereas, 27 states, including Wisconsin, have elected to operate equivalent meat inspection programs which allow state-licensed and state-inspected meat processing facilities to engage in intrastate commerce; and

SJR25,1,14 Whereas, state-inspected meat and poultry products are currently barred from interstate commerce under federal law, including neighboring local markets in other states, despite current meat safety and quality assurances, affecting long-range rural development and economic growth strategies within the meat processing industry; and

SJR25,1,17 Whereas, current policy of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture supports the interstate shipment of state-inspected meat products through reciprocal agreements with other states; now, therefore, be it

SJR25,2,6 Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the members of the Wisconsin legislature memorialize Congress to enact revisions to the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to allow states to enter into reciprocal agreements to permit the interstate shipment and marketing of meat products within states that are party to those agreements, if the meat products meet state and federal quality standards; and, be it further

SJR25,2,9 Resolved, That the senate chief clerk shall provide copies of this joint resolution to each member of this state's congressional delegation, to the U.S. House and Senate Committees on Agriculture and to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.

SJR25,2,10 (End)