This is from a ten year old document:
http://www.apppa.org/legalstates.pdf
WEST VIRGINIA
The Law. In West Virginia, the Meat and Poultry Inspection Division of the State Department of Agriculture is the agency with regulatory control over poultry inspection.
West Virginia allows exemptions from inspection of poultry when the commissioner determines the exemption would further the purposes of the law, to the extent such exemptions conform to the federal Meat Inspection Act and the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act.
Regulations of the Department have deleted former references to federal exemptions. The only preserved exemptions are for producers raising up to 1,000 of his own birds on his own premises during a calendar year. There is no application process in order to obtain the exemption. There are no scheduled compliance reviews of exempted operations unless the Meat and Poultry Inspection Division suspects that the operator may be exceeding the limit or otherwise not complying with the law. The exemption in West Virginia is primarily applied to seasonal turkey production before Thanksgiving, according to department officials.
Agency Contact. Additional information concerning poultry inspection in the state of West Virginia can be obtained through:
W. Jan Charminski, DVM, PhD
Director
Meat and Poultry Inspection Division
West Virginia Department of Agriculture
State Capitol
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Charleston WV 25305
Phone: 304-558-2207
Fax: 304-558-1882
E-mail:
[email protected]
