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House adopts measure aimed at protecting home gardening amid federal food-safety concerns
Summary
Second Substitute House Bill 249, the 'Growing Food' bill, passed the House 49-15 after sponsors said it narrows state protections to preserve home and local food production in the face of federal rulemaking under the federal Food Safety Modernization Act; opponents raised constitutional and drafting questions.
The Utah House on March 4 passed Second Substitute House Bill 249, described by sponsors as a targeted step to protect home gardens and local food growers from potentially expansive federal rulemaking under the Food Safety Modernization Act.
Representative Wright said the substitute narrowed the original bill and was prompted by recent passage of federal food-safety legislation that vests extensive rulemaking authority at the federal level. Wright told colleagues the substitute deletes four lines from the original to…
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