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Committee reviews bill allowing homestead food production outside residential kitchen with sanitation conditions
Summary
House Bill 307 would let homestead food producers use an alternative production area within their primary residence (not an outbuilding) if it meets specified sanitation standards; the Department of Health and Human Services testified it is neutral and worked with sponsors on sanitary language.
The Senate Commerce Committee heard House Bill 307, sponsored in the House by Rep. Peter Bixby, which would allow homestead food operators to produce packaged retail food in a designated production area inside the primary residence that is not the kitchen, provided certain sanitary requirements are met.
Sponsor and scope: Rep. Peter Bixby (D‑Dover) said the bill is intended to help three types of producers: those expanding their work space before they are ready to move to a fully commercial facility, bakers and confectioners who need separate drying/cooling spaces for delicate products, and small producers with very small residential kitchens. The bill limits the alternative production area to part of the primary residence rather than…
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