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Senate committee approves exemption raising cottage‑food threshold to $30,000 and registering small producers
Summary
The committee voted to approve H.401 as recommended by the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare, expanding exemptions from licensing fees for small 'cottage food' producers (many bakery items) whose gross annual sales are $30,000 or less, while requiring annual registration and basic attestations to the Department of Health.
A Vermont Senate committee approved H.401, a bill that expands exemptions from food‑establishment licensing fees for small “cottage food” producers while preserving basic registration and safety attestations, on a voice/roll‑call motion after committee staff described the scope and fiscal effects.
“Katie,” the presenter, told the committee that H.401 creates a new category — “cottage food operation” — intended to capture at‑home producers of non‑potentially hazardous foods (for example, many baked goods, candy, jams, dry herbs and certain low‑pH canned goods) and exempts those cottage food operations from licensure and fees if their gross annual receipts from cottage food sales are $30,000 or less. “So right now under…
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