For the purposes of Article 2 (commencing with Section 18691) of this chapter, the director may exempt the operations of any person from inspection or other requirements of this chapter to the extent such operations would be exempt from the corresponding requirements under the Federal Meat Inspection Act or the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act if they were conducted in interstate commerce or if the state were designated as one in which the federal requirements apply to intrastate commerce by the federal acts.