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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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

 

LBAO

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

 

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