TOWN OF CLINTON, Wis. — A recently revised federal law was expected to mean more business for independent meat and poultry processors, including a small company in southern Wisconsin.
Brian Lutzow, of Twin Cities Pack in Rock County, is one of a few independent poultry processing plants in Wisconsin. His company is the second in the state to become certified for interstate shipping following a change in the law that allows him to ship beyond Wisconsin's borders.
The 1960 Meat Inspection Act said chicken, beef and other meat products sold in retail settings had to be processed in the same state, said Cindy Klug, the manager of the state Bureau of Meat Inspection.
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