Bill Title: Amends the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act. Provides that a home kitchen operation does not include a person who produces or packages non-potentially hazardous baked goods for sale by a religious, charitable, or nonprofit organization for fundraising purposes. Adds additional requirements in order to qualify as a home kitchen operation. Makes changes concerning the jurisdiction of the local governing body over home kitchen operations. Defines a term. Removes a provision prohibiting certain types of jams and jellies from cottage food operations. Increases the gross receipt threshold of exempt food from $25,000 to $36,000. Allows the Department to adopt rules to implement the requirements of the amendatory Act.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-6)

Status: (Passed) 2015-07-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0191 [HB2486 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Chaptered	2015-07-30	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2015-05-20	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2015-04-16	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2015-02-18	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
House Amendment 002	2015-03-13	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 001	2015-03-12	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

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