HB 499 - AS INTRODUCED
2015 SESSION
15-0600
08/05
HOUSE BILL 499
AN ACT permitting New Hampshire farmers to sell certain farm raised animals directly to the public.
SPONSORS: Rep. Chandler, Carr 1; Rep. Burt, Hills 39; Rep. Rappaport, Coos 1; Rep. LeBreche, Belk 6; Sen. Forrester, Dist 2; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Avard, Dist 12
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
This bill defines “amenable species” for purposes of sale of meat and meat food products and exempts “amenable species” from certain licensing and inspection requirements.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15-0600
08/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT permitting New Hampshire farmers to sell certain farm raised animals directly to the public.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Amenable Species; Definition. Amend RSA 143-A:5 by inserting after paragraph VIII the following new paragraph:
IX. A farm owned or operated by any person, firm, or corporation that raises animals that are not an “amenable species” as defined by 21 United States Code, section 601(w) and sells them for human consumption, and the direct sale of the carcasses, parts, meat, and meat food products of such animals to the consumer from such farm, at the producer’s farm stand, and by the producer at farmers’ markets.
2 New Subparagraph; Amenable Species; Definition. Amend RSA 427:16, I by inserting after subparagraph (c) the following new subparagraph:
(d) The slaughtering by any person, firm, or corporation of animals that are not an “amenable species” as defined by 21 United States Code, section 601(w), and the preparation and transportation in commerce of the carcasses, parts, meat, and meat food products of such animals, exclusively for sale from the residence of the slaughterer, a farm stand owned by such slaughterer, or from farmers’ markets.
3 New Subdivision; Meat from Non-Amenable Species. Amend RSA 143-A by inserting after section 17 the following new subdivision:
Meat from Non-Amenable Species
143-A:18 Labeling. All packaging containing uninspected carcasses, parts, meat, and meat food products of animals sold by a farm exempt from licensure under RSA 143-A:5, IX shall be clearly labeled to include the following:
I. The name and address of the farm where the product originates and the date of slaughter; and
II. The statement that: “This product has been raised and processed on a New Hampshire farm and is exempt from state and federal inspection.”
4 New Subdivision; Meat from Non-Amenable Species. Amend RSA 427 by inserting after section 59 the following new subdivision:
Meat from Non-Amenable Species
427:60 Labeling. All packaging containing uninspected carcasses, parts, meat, and meat food products of animals exempt from the requirements of this chapter under RSA 427:16, I(d) shall be clearly labeled to include the following:
I. The name and address of the farm where the product originates and the date of slaughter; and
II. The statement that: “This product has been raised and processed on a New Hampshire farm and is exempt from state and federal inspection.”
5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.