Bill Text: NJ A1244 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Permits sale of home-baked goods under certain circumstances.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-02 - Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee [A1244 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A1244-Introduced.html

ASSEMBLY, No. 1244

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION

 


 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  VINCENT PRIETO

District 32 (Bergen and Hudson)

Assemblywoman  ALISON LITTELL MCHOSE

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

Assemblyman  DANIEL R. BENSON

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Wimberly, Assemblywoman Sumter and Assemblyman Chivukula

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Permits sale of home-baked goods under certain circumstances.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

  


An Act concerning the sale of certain foods and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    As used in this act:

     "Bakery goods" means ready-to-eat baked food for which further cooking is not required for food safety, which is classified by regulation of the commissioner as being a not potentially hazardous food to consumers and includes, but is not limited to, bread, rolls, cakes, pies, cookies, or pastries.

     "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health.

     "Home-baked" means that the bakery good was prepared in a kitchen in a private home that is not subject to regulation and inspection by the Department of Health.

     "Not potentially hazardous food" means a food which does not require time or temperature control for safety to limit pathogenic microorganism growth or toxin formation.

 

     2.    A person may sell home-baked bakery goods if the consumer is notified by a clearly visible placard at the point of sale, in a manner prescribed by the commissioner, that the bakery goods were prepared in a kitchen that is not subject to regulation and inspection by the Department of Health.

 

     3.    The commissioner, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), after consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act.

 

     4.    This act shall take effect on the first day of the seventh month next following the date of enactment, but the Commissioner of Health may take such anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill permits the sale of home-baked bakery goods under certain circumstances.

     Specifically, the bill permits a person to sell these bakery goods if the consumer is notified by a clearly visible placard at the point of sale, in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Health, that the bakery goods were prepared in a kitchen that is not subject to regulation and inspection by the Department of Health.

     As used in the bill:

     "Bakery goods" means ready-to-eat baked food for which further cooking is not required for food safety, which is classified by regulation of the commissioner as being a not potentially hazardous food to consumers and includes, but is not limited to, bread, rolls, cakes, pies, cookies, or pastries.

     "Home-baked" means that the bakery good was prepared in a kitchen in a private home that is not subject to regulation and inspection by the Department of Health.

     "Not potentially hazardous food" means a food which does not require time or temperature control for safety to limit pathogenic microorganism growth or toxin formation.

     The Commissioner of Health is to adopt rules and regulations, after consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, to effectuate the purposes of the bill.

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