Bill Text - HB1574 (2024)

Removing regulations on the direct sale of raw milk to consumers.


Revision: Dec. 15, 2023, 2:56 p.m.

HB 1574-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2159

08/05

 

HOUSE BILL 1574-FN

 

AN ACT removing regulations on the direct sale of raw milk to consumers.  

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Granger, Straf. 2; Rep. Cushman, Hills. 28; Rep. Berezhny, Graf. 11; Rep. Brouillard, Rock. 1

 

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill removes certain regulations on direct sale of raw milk to consumers.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2159

08/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT removing regulations on the direct sale of raw milk to consumers.  

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Raw Milk Sales; License Exemption.  Amend the introductory paragraph of 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.

 

LBA

24-2159

12/11/23

 

HB 1574-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT removing regulations on the direct sale of raw milk to consumers.  

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation, as introduced, has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2024 through 2027.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Health and Human Services