Bill > HR59

This Resolution requests the Department of Agriculture to collaborate with the federal government, specifically the United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), to create a program that certifies hunters to inspect their own game meat for sale. This initiative is proposed as a solution to the overpopulation of axis deer, an invasive species causing significant environmental and agricultural damage, and to address the logistical challenges of selling axis deer meat due to a limited number of FSIS inspectors in the state. By allowing certified hunters to inspect their own game, the process of selling meat would be expedited, while also contributing to the management of the axis deer population.