Bill > S3099

This bill, known as the Direct Interstate Retail Exemption for Certain Transactions Act of 2025 (DIRECT Act), amends two key federal food inspection laws to allow state-inspected meat and poultry products to be sold online and shipped directly to household consumers across state lines. Specifically, the bill modifies the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to permit retail stores, restaurants, and similar establishments to sell state-inspected meat and poultry products via the internet and ship them by carrier within the United States, with the important caveat that these products must be sent directly to household consumers in normal retail quantities and cannot be exported to foreign countries. The bill also includes technical amendments to update language in the existing laws, such as replacing gendered pronouns with "the Secretary" and correcting various cross-references within the legislative text. These changes aim to expand market opportunities for state-level meat and poultry producers by removing previous interstate commerce restrictions and simplifying the process for online sales of state-inspected products.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3099/all-info