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Delegation and commissioners weigh state rules on temporary food permits for farm stands
Summary
Commissioners and delegates discussed how changes to state rules and local health-department practice require farmers who operate nonconsecutive weekend food stands to apply and pay fees for each occurrence; staff said remedy may require a change in state regulation or statute.
Carroll County commissioners and delegates discussed complaints from farmers that state guidance and local implementation now require separate temporary food permit applications for nonconsecutive weekend farm stands, adding administrative cost and burdens to small operators.
Commissioners described a prior practice in which a farm stand that operated repeatedly across a season could submit a single permit (and single fee) for that period. Attendees said a state rule or guidance now requires separate applications for multiple nonconsecutive days, increasing fees and…
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