H. B. 2658

                        (By Delegates A. Evans, Hamilton, Romine, L. Phillips, Ambler,

                                    Eldridge, Guthrie, Rowan, Canterbury and Lynch)

                        [By Request of the Department of Agriculture]

                        [Introduced February 6, 2015; referred to the

                        Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources then Health and Human Resources.]

A BILL to amend and reenact §19-29-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the inspection and slaughter of nontraditional agriculture; and removing the requirement that all nontraditional agriculture needing to be slaughtered be slaughtered in an inspected slaughterhouse.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

            That §19-29-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 29. PRODUCTION OF NONTRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS.

§19-29-4. Inspection of animals, meat and meat products.

            The commissioner shall promulgate propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, to include inspection of the meat from nontraditional agriculture intended for sale in commercial outlets. All nontraditional agriculture needing to be slaughtered shall be slaughtered in an inspected slaughterhouse.

            NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to remove the requirement that all nontraditional agriculture needing to be slaughtered be slaughtered in an inspected slaughterhouse.

            Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.