Texas Rabbit/Poultry Exemption and more

Hello!

I am looking into new streams of income for our ranch and one thing I heard of was that selling raw pet food may be lucrative. I have several questions some people here may be able to answer.

1. Are there different regulations for processing meat for pet food vs human consumption? Looking at the laws, I'm thinking not, but maybe...

2. Has anyone successfully applied for the poultry/rabbit exemption? Looks easy enough, but I've heard some sources say that an approved SSOP would require very costly facilities. So curious if anyone knows anyone who's been successful with this. https://www.dshs.texas.gov/meat-safety/inspections-exemptions-meat-safety/information-about-registration-poultry

3. Does anyone know where you can sell poultry and rabbit if you successfully get this exemption? It just says: "intended to be sold through locations other than the farm where the livestock is produced". But I thought I'd seen somewhere, some time ago, that it couldn't be sold, say, for restaurant use.

4. Does anyone sell homemade pet food? Does anyone process animals for pet food for sale? I would love to chat with someone doing this.

5. A little more off-topic, but I keep thinking squab may be a profitable crop, if I can build up a market. Has anyone had financial success with squab?

Thanks!

Becky, what does SSOP  mean?
I looked up details about squab farming, its a weird business.
\Books from 1904, 1907 or 1914 are available and not much else.
I found this modern article
https://www.roysfarm.com/pigeon-farming/
reading through the early notes issues about pigeon poo, cleanliness and feeding are noted.
Keep poo out of the feed by using '..... covered feeding box...'
from https://smallfarmersjournal.com/pigeon-raising-and-squab-production/

Something from Australia
https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/213221/Squab-raising.pdf

My suggestion would be to talk with your local county business license department since in Texas that would be the place to get answers to your questions.

These usually can be looked up online then you would apply to the Texas State Comptrollers' office for a tax number.