Strengthening Local Processing Act of 2025

This bill changes rules for meat and poultry processing plants to help smaller businesses. It requires the Department of Agriculture to create a searchable database of safety studies that smaller plants can use to develop their food safety plans. The bill increases how much the federal government will pay to support state inspection programs from 50% to 65% for regular programs and from 60% to 80% for a special program that lets state-inspected facilities ship products across state lines. It also allows plants with up to 50 employees (instead of the current 25) to participate in this interstate shipping program and requires outreach to states not currently participating. The bill creates grants to make the meat processing system stronger and more diverse, including money for worker safety, increasing how much meat can be processed, and helping small processors. It also establishes grants for job training programs and apprenticeships in meat and poultry processing.

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