New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2023

HR 1646 allows small meat and poultry processors in states with their own inspection programs to sell products across state lines. The bill amends federal law to remove the restriction that previously limited state-inspected meat and poultry to intrastate sales, enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to authorize interstate shipments of products inspected under state programs. This directly affects small-scale producers in states with state-inspected programs, who can now legally sell their products in other states without violating state laws that previously blocked such sales.