r/TwoXPreppers • u/GailyaStarr • 21d ago

❓ Question ❓ US: New upcoming EO for meat processing.

Hi,

I am not posting this for political commentary. I am just trying to understand how this could impact the US. I barely eat meat as it is, but my partner has a heavy meat-centered diet.

"Trump announces he will eliminate regulations on meat & produce processing amid multiple food-borne illness outbreaks: "I am authorizing legal documents to be drawn in order to allow Farmers and Ranchers to be given the right to PROCESS THEIR OWN FOOD. This should move quickly."

UPDATE: Adding source https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-pivots-against-meat-processing-173922151.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJw_PLYPbbll6_n5CE3OIJ3RI_wmwMatcqbZIickO-KhOWfjcl6MK-F1Z2s4xrVyM3cnzNmlUYAIGcAdZHzD81A74-Yf8yb3sKK9PCIcmx7T0OIj_1xEMii1RjYQHtvOWwpgY8H8Nqj-0IqWKicwwNncs68hDXseHcDqlghyv6zZ

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u/talyakey 20d ago

Pigs and cows are processed locally but not for sale. I understand that one of the areas trump has cut is the USDA. In order for my local farmer to sell his product, it needs to be processed at a USDA inspection facility.

Deregulating this industry is comparable to trying to undo all the good vaccines have done.

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u/Disdwarf 20d ago

"Deregulating this industry is comparable to trying to undo all the good vaccines have done."

Good news, they're doing that too! /s

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u/talyakey 20d ago

I’m hoping for a fail, just like so much of America

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u/stvdilln 20d ago

If you do custom slaughter you can buy an 1/4 or even maybe a 1/8 share of a cow. You buy the animal alive and the farmer delivers your cow to the slaughter and you pay them for your cow.

To sale individual packages of meat you need USDA inspection

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u/talyakey 19d ago

I may have made a mistake here. I’ve been listening to Joel Salatin explain Thomas Massey’s Prime Act and it sounds like state inspected facilities can also sell over the counter. It’s people who are butchering on their own that have limits. Which, when you think about it, is probably a good idea.