Associated Press
KOAMtv.com
April 1, 2010
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The Missouri House has approved legislation designed to allow the slaughter of horses for human consumption.
Thursday's 91-61 vote sent the bill to the Senate. The measure is intended to get around a federal ban on meat inspectors working in horse slaughtering plants. The House bill would levy fees on slaughterhouses that the state would then transfer to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The few remaining horse slaughterhouses in the U.S. closed after Congress barred federal funds from being spent by USDA to inspect horse slaughtering plants in 2005.
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