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Committee advances lengthy cottage-foods amendment but tables broader bill amid mixed testimony
Summary
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved an author’s amendment to SF 391 — a broad update to Minnesota’s cottage‑foods statute — then voted to lay the bill on the table for further work after mixed testimony from producers, market groups and grocery industry representatives.
The Senate Agriculture and Rural Development Committee on Friday took up Senate File 391, a comprehensive update to Minnesota’s cottage‑foods law that would raise revenue limits, change legal language to allow business entities to register as "persons" rather than "individuals," and permit commercial shipment of certain shelf‑stable cottage foods. The committee approved an author’s A1 amendment on a voice vote, then later voted to lay the bill on the table for further work.
Sen. Andrew Lieske (author) described cottage foods as the resale of certain homemade, shelf‑stable foods at farmers markets and other outlets and said the bill adjusts several dollar thresholds to reflect inflation, replaces the word "individual" with "person" to close a liability gap, and extends shipping to non‑potentially hazardous human foods in addition to pet treats already allowed by statute.
Kathy Zieman, executive director of…
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