Agriculture, Dept. of - As enacted, renames the "Tennessee Meat and Poultry Inspection Act" as the "Tennessee Meat Inspection Act"; revises the act to facilitate the implementation of a state meat inspection program. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 7 and Chapter 380 of the Public Acts of 2023.

HB 1302 renames Tennessee's meat inspection law to the "Tennessee Meat Inspection Act" and revises it to establish a state-run meat inspection program. The bill directly affects meat processors, slaughterhouses ("establishments"), and small-scale operations ("custom operations") that prepare meat for sale within Tennessee. Key provisions define terms like "meat," clarify that state inspections replace federal oversight for intrastate commerce, and exclude household use of home-slaughtered meat or retail operations using federally inspected products. The law gives Tennessee's Department of Agriculture exclusive authority over meat inspections within the state, while maintaining existing requirements under other food safety laws.