WASHINGTON — Indiana has become the latest among a handful of states joining USDA’s Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program, which gives certain selected small and very small state-inspected meat processors the option to ship meat and poultry products bearing an official USDA Mark of Inspection across state lines.
Indiana joins Ohio, North Dakota and Wisconsin in the voluntary shipment program designed to expand market opportunities for America's small meat and poultry producers and processors, strengthen state and local economies and increase consumer access to safe, locally-produced food.
“This program plays an important role in expanding opportunities for local. . .

