We have a small beef herd. The issue is finding processors...then of course, the USDA has made it ILLEGAL for me to sell my beef, even though the processor we use is USDA inspected. I have spoken with former USDA inspectors.....they are not actually inspecting all the meat anyway. They spot check at BEST...and usually only check meat whe…
We have a small beef herd. The issue is finding processors...then of course, the USDA has made it ILLEGAL for me to sell my beef, even though the processor we use is USDA inspected. I have spoken with former USDA inspectors.....they are not actually inspecting all the meat anyway. They spot check at BEST...and usually only check meat where a cow looks somehow unhealthy before slaughter.
If the processor passes inspection, then why can I NOT sell my meat legally to my neighbors? It's OK for me sell the meat to someone BEFORE processing and they pick it up for their own consumption from the same processor, but we cannot pick it up and market it AFTER slaughter. The rules ONLY make sense when you consider they are designed to make it next to impossible for people like us to compete with Publix or Kroger.
Most towns used to have a processing plant where you could take animals...they are fewer and fewer nowadays...and this is a shame.
We have a small beef herd. The issue is finding processors...then of course, the USDA has made it ILLEGAL for me to sell my beef, even though the processor we use is USDA inspected. I have spoken with former USDA inspectors.....they are not actually inspecting all the meat anyway. They spot check at BEST...and usually only check meat where a cow looks somehow unhealthy before slaughter.
If the processor passes inspection, then why can I NOT sell my meat legally to my neighbors? It's OK for me sell the meat to someone BEFORE processing and they pick it up for their own consumption from the same processor, but we cannot pick it up and market it AFTER slaughter. The rules ONLY make sense when you consider they are designed to make it next to impossible for people like us to compete with Publix or Kroger.
Most towns used to have a processing plant where you could take animals...they are fewer and fewer nowadays...and this is a shame.
That's right.