USDA & NYS Regulations
USDA & NYS Regulations for meat sales:
USDA Inspected facility- Processed livestock (beef, pork, sheep, goat) meat can be sold to the public.
NYS 5A Slaughterhouse: Can kill & process livestock (not to be sold). So, if you buy a live animal from a farmer, it can processed for your consumption. Also can process farm-raised game (bison, venison) and poultry for legal resale.
NYS 20C: Can process (butcher) & sell livestock which were killed at USDA inspected facility. Sales are essentially limited to retail (farm to consumer), not wholesale.
Exempt Grower: Can slaughter and sell poultry, fowl, and rabbits they raise (Limited to 1,000 birds/year). (Whole bird only, no cuts).
