The commissioner may exempt the following types of operations from any provisions of sections one hundred and eighteen to one hundred and thirty-one, inclusive; (1) slaughtering and preparation by any person of livestock and poultry of his own raising exclusively for use by him and members of his household, and his nonpaying guests and employees, and (2) any other operations which the commissioner may determine would best be exempted to further the purposes of said sections, to the extent such exemptions conform to the Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended, and the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act, as amended, and any regulations thereunder.
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