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Committee reviews H401 to raise cottage-food sales cap to $30,000 and add pickled vegetables
Summary
The Senate Agriculture Committee met May 13 to review House Bill H401, which would raise the cottage food annual sales threshold from $10,000 to $30,000 and expand the definition of cottage food products to include certain canned and pickled vegetables; the committee clarified food‑safety validation and bakery exclusions but took no formal vote.
On Tuesday, May 13, the Senate Agriculture Committee discussed House Bill H401, which would raise the annual sales cap for cottage‑food operations from $10,000 to $30,000 and expand the definition of cottage food products to include some canned and pickled vegetables. Sandra Martin Gullett, identified in the meeting as the sponsor of H401, attended the committee discussion.
Senator Ginny Lyons, a committee member, framed the issue as broadly about household and small‑scale food production: "This is really about food, whether it's grown, whether you grow it yourself and prepare it in your kitchen or whether you go down to the store and buy it or whether you go to the farmer's market," she said. Lyons described the proposal as intended to preserve public‑health…
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