The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), a part of the United States Department of Agriculture, has enacted a final rule to remove regulations that allowed horse slaughter establishments to pay for ante-mortem inspections. This action follows a court decision that vacated the previous rule, finding it violated environmental and administrative procedures. As a result, FSIS is updating its rules to align with the court's directive. The rule change was not open to public comment due to an exception for straightforward legal compliance matters.
Simple Explanation
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has changed a rule to stop allowing places that process horses for meat to pay for special check-ups before the horses are used, because a court said it wasn't done right. Now, the rules are simpler and follow what the court decided.