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  <title>Open Congress : News Articles for S.1149 A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to authorize the interstate distribution of State-inspected meat and poultry if the Secretary of Agriculture determines that the State inspection requirements are at least equal to Federal inspection requirements and to require the Secretary to reimburse State agencies for part of the costs of the inspections.</title>
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  <updated>2007-10-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Guest Opinion: State-inspected meats deserve equal access</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-07:/commentary/1205637</id>
    <updated>2007-10-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Billings Gazette,&amp;nbsp; USA</name>
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These bipartisan measures (S. 1149 and S. 1150) would level the playing field for state-inspected meat processors, including the 47 plants in Montana. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/10/08/opinion/guest/30-meats.txt&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Where&amp;#8217;s The Beef?</title>
    <link href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=165436" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-02:/commentary/1205638</id>
    <updated>2007-10-02T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>CattleNetwork.com,&amp;nbsp;KS</name>
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This legislation (S. 1149 and S. 1150) would level the economic playing field for American producers and allow them the same US market access that 38 ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=165436&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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