Senate Bill 375 Summary

• Legalizes the sale, offering for sale, or possession with intent to sell horsemeat for human consumption when exported internationally.

• Requires that horses be sold through a livestock auction and purchased by a livestock dealer for the horsemeat export provisions to apply.

• Maintains prohibition on selling horsemeat for human consumption within the United States.

• Updates language to be gender-neutral and removes certain prima facie evidence standards that previously applied to horsemeat regulations.

• Effective date: November 1, 2013.