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House approves Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act after floor debate about safety and labeling
Summary
The House passed a substituted HB181 allowing direct sale of homemade food to informed end consumers with labeling and specialty market allowances; proponents cited local economic benefits while critics warned of food‑safety risks and liability concerns.
Representative Roberts, sponsor of the Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act, described the second substitute for House Bill 181 as allowing sale of homemade food and food products directly to “informed end consumers,” with labeling and restrictions against resale across state lines. “This bill has been called the lemonade stand bill, the cupcake bill,”…
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