SB2028 Summary

• Creates comprehensive regulatory framework for dairy products (Chapter 4.1-25) including licensing requirements for producers, processors, and distributors with financial security provisions to protect dairy farmers.

• Establishes licensing and bonding requirements for livestock auction markets (Chapter 4.1-27) and video/internet livestock auctions (Chapter 4.1-28) with veterinary inspection and sanitation standards.

• Creates state meat inspection program (Chapter 4.1-31) for intrastate commerce with standards for slaughtering, processing, and labeling of meat products.

• Regulates commercial feed (Chapter 4.1-41) and livestock medicine (Chapter 4.1-53) through licensing, registration, labeling requirements, and adulteration/misbranding prohibitions.

• Establishes licensing requirements for rendering plants (Chapter 4.1-32) and packing plants, including vehicle sanitation standards and restrictions on livestock purchases; repeals obsolete livestock regulation chapters.