HB 5056 Summary

• Repeals the entire 1965 PA 280, which regulated licensing and operation of slaughterhouses, edible rendering establishments, and wholesale meat processing facilities in Michigan.

• Eliminates state requirements for antemortem and postmortem inspection of slaughtered meat animals and licensing authority previously held by the Department of Agriculture.

• Removes regulations governing wholesale fabricating, processing, and storage establishments for meat products.

• Eliminates inspection requirements for large wild game animals previously mandated under the law.

• Takes effect 90 days after enactment into law.