USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the state of Arkansas finalized a cooperative agreement that will permit state inspection of meat products produced for shipment in the state.
Arkansas becomes the 28th state to implement a state meat and poultry inspection program. The Arkansas Legislature passed Act 418 in 2021 to create a state meat inspection program within the Arkansas Department of Agriculture.
“The Arkansas State Meat Inspection Program is the realization of multiple years of hard work by Arkansas cattle producers,” said Arkansas Cattlemen’s Association President Phillip DeSalvo. “This program gives Arkansas cattle producers the means to ensure complete control of their product from pasture to plate.”
