Some beef producers around the nation are facing up to a 2-year backlog on processing their own animals, due to a shortage of United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) plants and laws requiring USDA inspection before sale.
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) called attention to the plight of ranchers in New Hampshire who are stuck with a 2-year waitlist to get their animals processed and who could be charged criminally if they tried to sell their beef locally.
Lee says the states are more than capable of enforcing their own health and safety standards and called for state law to apply to beef that is produced and sold in the same state.
[Source](https://amgreatness.com/2025/10/21/mike-lee-on-2-year-beef-processing-backlog-states-more-than-capable-of-setting-standards/)
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Some beef producers around the nation are facing up to a 2-year backlog on processing their own animals, due to a shortage of United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) plants and laws requiring USDA inspection before sale.
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Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) called attention to the plight of ranchers in New Hampshire who are stuck with a 2-year waitlist to get their animals processed and who could be charged criminally if they tried to sell their beef locally.
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Lee says the states are more than capable of enforcing their own health and safety standards and called for state law to apply to beef that is produced and sold in the same state.
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