Most chicken sold in stores is contaminated, Consumer Reports says

[BronxBoy]

56. Not true....

The only time you need a USDA plant with federal inspections is if you are selling across state lines. The issue is at the state level not at the federal one. Many states allow processing under what's know as the federal exemption. There is a manageable set of regs which the feds allow for on farm processing. The problem is when states don't allow it and add a set of regs on top of the federal ones.

Here in Georgia, a top poultry producing state, the current state is that they'll allow you to produce under the federal exemption but you have to have a state inspection. And guess what, they aren't going to fund an inspector. We've been working with the GA dept of Ag for over three years to get processing on farm and it ain't going to happen. The commissioner basically turns a blind eye to 1,000 birds and under but for anything above that, we are going to have to build a plant for small poultry producers in the state