Bill Text: NH HB200 | 2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Allowing homestead food operations exempt from licensure to sell homestead food products at retail food stores.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-11 - Signed by the Governor on 6/5/2015; Chapter 84; Effective Date 8/4/2015 [HB200 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2015-HB200-Amended.html
HB 200 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
11Mar2015… 0606h
2015 SESSION
08/10
HOUSE BILL 200
AN ACT allowing homestead food operations exempt from licensure to sell homestead food products at retail food stores.
SPONSORS: Rep. Rebecca Brown, Graf 2; Rep. Moynihan, Coos 2; Rep. Bixby, Straf 17; Rep. Rappaport, Coos 1; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill allows homestead food operations exempt from licensure to sell homestead food products at retail food stores.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11Mar2015… 0606h
15-0594
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT allowing homestead food operations exempt from licensure to sell homestead food products at retail food stores.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Exempt Homestead Food Operations; Sales Points. Amend RSA 143-A:12, II to read as follows:
II. Homestead food operations selling less than a maximum annual gross sales of $20,000 of food, excluding potentially hazardous food, from the homestead residence, at the owner’s own farm stand, [or] at farmers’ markets, or at retail food stores are exempt from licensure under this subdivision.
2 Exempt Homestead Food Operations; Sales Points. Amend RSA 143-A:12, IV to read as follows:
IV. All homestead food products sold in packages from the home kitchen [or], farm stand of a homestead food operation [or], at farmers’ markets, or at retail food stores shall have individual labels on each package containing the following information: name, address, and phone number of the homestead food operation; name of the homestead food product; the ingredients of the homestead product, in descending order of predominance by weight; and allergy information. Products made by homestead food operations exempt from licensure shall also be clearly labeled with the following statement: “This product is exempt from New Hampshire licensing and inspection.” Products made by non-exempt homestead food operations shall also be clearly labeled with the following statement: “This product is made in a residential kitchen licensed by the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services.”
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
15-0594
Amended 03/30/15
HB 200 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT allowing homestead food operations exempt from licensure to sell homestead food products at retail food stores.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Health and Human Services states this bill, as amended by the House (Amendment #2015-0606h), may decrease state expenditures and revenue by $18,000 in FY 2016 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on county and local revenue or expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Health and Human Services states this bill expands the exemptions of the homestead food license to those who are selling products to retail food stores. Current law exempts only homestead food operations that are selling from the home, own farm stand or at a farmers market provided they do not have gross sales in excess of $20,000 annually. The Department estimates this bill will result in 120 fewer entities paying the $150 annual license fee. The Department estimates a total reduction of $18,000 (120*$150=$18,000) in licensing fee revenue each year and anticipates that program expenses would be reduced by the same amount.
