Messing With Missouri Livestock Shipments Will Soon Cost You
July 31, 2023 7:40AM CDT
FILE – In this June 10, 2020 file photo, cattle occupy a feedlot in Columbus, Neb. The nation’s largest food distributor has joined the other businesses accusing the four largest meat processors of working together to inflate beef prices. Sysco recently filed a federal lawsuit in Texas accusing Tyson Foods, JBS, Cargill and National Beef of price fixing. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
Missouri is set to soon criminalize people if they interfere with the shipping of livestock. A bill on track to become law next month boosts the penalty from a misdemeanor to a felony.
Missouri Department of Agriculture Director Chris Chinn says the new law will be important.
The current punishment is a misdemeanor and a one-thousand dollar fine.
St. Joseph Republican Representative Brenda Shields sponsored the bill.