Revision: Nov. 17, 2021, 2:05 p.m.
HB 1187 - AS INTRODUCED
2022 SESSION
22-2148
08/11
HOUSE BILL 1187
AN ACT relative to milk pasteurization.
SPONSORS: Rep. Allard, Merr. 21; Rep. Woodcock, Carr. 2; Rep. Marsh, Carr. 8; Rep. Deshaies, Carr. 6; Rep. Merchant, Sull. 4; Rep. Aron, Sull. 7; Rep. A. Lekas, Hills. 37
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows for the sale of products made with raw milk in certain circumstances.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2148
08/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to milk pasteurization.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 License Required; Exemptions. Amend RSA 184:84, V to read as follows:
V. A milk producer-distributor who daily produces for sale less than 20 gallons of raw milk or processes less than 20 gallons of raw milk into cheese aged at least 60 days, yogurt, cream, butter, ice cream, frozen yogurt, or kefir shall not require a milk producer-distributor license, provided these products are offered as direct sales from the producer-distributor's own farm, farm stand, or at a farmers' market to the food consumer within the state of New Hampshire only. Ice cream and frozen yogurt produced and sold under this paragraph shall be packaged in containers no larger than 6 fluid ounces and shall be marked with an expiration date 30 days from the date of manufacture.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.