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Citizen petition would allow homestead food sales in Plaistow; voters to decide on March ballot after minor RSA clarification
Summary
A citizen’s petition to allow homestead food operations (non‑potentially hazardous foods) in Plaistow passed to the ballot as amended to correct RSA citations. Supporters and opponents debated food-safety and labeling rules; the article will appear on the March 11 ballot.
Plaistow — A citizen’s petition to amend Plaistow public‑health regulations to permit homestead food operations passed at the Feb. 1 deliberative session and will appear on the official ballot as amended. The amendment corrected a clerical reference to the state statute cited in the petition (RSA 143‑A:12).
The petitioner, Daniel Kane (64 Main Street), asked voters to permit “homestead food products” as defined under state law. Kane told the meeting that the petition would allow small‑scale sales of non‑potentially hazardous foods — for example, baked goods and similar products — and said many New Hampshire municipalities already allow such operations.
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