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2024 SESSION
24-2473.0
11/08
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT mandating a cooperative agreement with USDA for "organic" certification.
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COMMITTEE: [committee]
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the commissioner to hire inspectors and enter into a USDA cooperative agreement.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2473.0
11/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT mandating a cooperative agreement with USDA for "organic" certification.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Cooperative Agreement; Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Foods. Amend RSA 426:6-b, II to read as follows:
II. The commissioner [may] shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture to become an accredited certifying agency as provided for by the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, Public Law 101-624, and the United States Department of Agriculture's National Organic Program, Final Rule, 7 CFR part 205, and to implement the provisions thereof.
2 Organic Certification; Inspectors. Amend RSA 426:6-b, III to read as follows:
III. The commissioner [may] shall employ inspectors to certify agricultural producers, processors, on-farm processors and handlers in this state, and to determine whether or not agricultural plant, animal, food, or fiber commodities are marked, branded, or labeled in accordance with the labeling requirements set forth in this chapter and in the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, Public Law 101-624, and the United States Department of Agriculture's National Organic Program, Final Rule, 7 CFR part 205.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.