Revision: June 19, 2024, 11:57 a.m.
CHAPTER 77
HB 1565-FN - FINAL VERSION
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2024 SESSION
24-2050
08/05
HOUSE BILL 1565-FN
AN ACT relative to the definition of potentially hazardous food.
SPONSORS: Rep. Coulon, Graf. 5; Rep. Costable, Carr. 8; Rep. Granger, Straf. 2; Sen. Innis, Dist 7
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill removes "processed acidified" food from the definition of potentially hazardous food.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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08/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to the definition of potentially hazardous food.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
77:1 Homestead Food License Required; Potentially Hazardous Food; Definition. Amend RSA 143-A:12, I(b) to read as follows:
(b) "Potentially hazardous food" means foods requiring temperature control for safety because they are capable of supporting the rapid growth of pathogenic or toxigenic microorganisms, and the growth of toxin production of clostridium botulinum. Potentially hazardous foods also include [processed acidified and] low acid canned foods.
77:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 14, 2024
Effective Date: August 13, 2024