Bill Text: NH HB1592 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to milk pasteurization.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-16 - Introduced 06/16/2020, and Laid on Table, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 06/16/2020; Senate Journal 8 [HB1592 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2020-HB1592-Amended.html
HB 1592-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
11Mar2020... 0942h
2020 SESSION
20-2020
08/04
HOUSE BILL 1592-FN
AN ACT relative to milk pasteurization.
SPONSORS: Rep. Allard, Merr. 21; Rep. Marsh, Carr. 8; Rep. Aron, Sull. 7; Rep. Woodcock, Carr. 2
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11Mar2020... 0942h 20-2020
08/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
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, or any other product containing raw milk 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, frozen yogurt, and frozen desserts 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.
20-2020
Amended 3/27/20
HB 1592-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2020-0942h)
AN ACT relative to milk pasteurization.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation, as amended, has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2020 through 2023.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Health and Human Services