CONCORD NH

Stating that passing the bill would put NH in violation of Federal food safety laws, Gov Kelly Ayotte has vetoed an effort to deregulate meat processing for certain of the state’s small producers.

If signed into Law House Bill 396, would have allowed farmers to sell certain meat products from within state lines, from animals that had been slaughtered and processed on the farm rather than at a slaughterhouse facility certified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Had the Law passed it would have violated the federal Meat Inspection Act