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Committee sends freeze‑dried and dehydrated homestead food proposals to food‑safety subcommittee
Summary
The Environment & Agriculture Committee debated bills to allow sale of freeze‑dried and dehydrated foods from homestead food operations and agreed to refer the matter to its food safety subcommittee for detailed drafting and process review.
Members of the New Hampshire House Environment and Agriculture Committee agreed to move further work on bills addressing freeze‑dried and dehydrated foods in homestead food operations to the committee's food safety subcommittee.
Advocates and several legislators said the current draft of HB 505 (freeze‑dried foods) and a companion measure on dehydrated meat and jerky need a more detailed statutory approach and process review before enactment. Representative Peter Bixby and multiple committee members argued the subject is novel enough to merit either its own statutory subdivision or a dedicated study that would produce uniform standards for equipment, processing, and…
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