With permission, we repost Doug Farquhar’s most recent summary of food and food safety legislative actions by states.
By Doug Farquhar, JD
State legislatures introduced several hundred bills related to food during their 2021
Continue Reading 2021’s enacted state legislation regarding food and food safety
Tne Montana Local Food Choice Act is on the governor’s desk. It passed on the third and final readings in the House, 70-20, and the Senate, 32 to 18. Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte will likely
Continue Reading Montana Legislature sends ‘Local Food Choice Act’ to governor; no license needed
More than a third of people in the United Kingdom were unaware that takeaways and food businesses were required by law to undergo safety and hygiene checks, according to a survey.
People in the UK
Continue Reading Survey explores trend of buying food from online, home sellers
Australians have been warned about the potential risks of buying and selling food on social media websites.
The Food Safety Information Council (FSIC) said food is being prepared in unregulated home kitchens and offered on
Continue Reading FSIC warns of risks because of rise in food sold on social media
North Dakota health officials want state legislators to clarify rules about so-called cottage foods because of concerns about botulism poisoning.
The State Health Council, which includes two state senators, approved the proposed changes during a
Continue Reading Health council wants law on ‘cottage’ foods clarified to protect the public
Two bills, one to enact a “Food Freedom” statute and the other to continue only pasteurized milk sales, followed a similar course during the recently completed session of the North Dakota Legislature in Bismarck. Both
Continue Reading North Dakota OK’s ‘Food Freedom’ bill — without raw milk
Three bills introduced into the Illinois General Assembly loosen up cottage food sales and promote farmers markets, but apparently are not intended to alter the state’s new raw milk law.
Illinois in 2016 aligned itself
Continue Reading Illinois new raw milk rules get first legislative tests
The bill to make the direct sale of raw milk legal in Montana is part of a package to boost farm and ranch incomes in the Big Sky State.
The package includes cottage food legislation
Continue Reading Raw milk bill part of package to boost farm and ranch income
Statewide standards for cottage food producers could be dead in Idaho for this year since that state’s legislature is headed for an early April adjournment. Opposition from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare may
Continue Reading Idaho Cottage Food Bill Stalls Out This Session
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, a first-term Democrat in a tough re-election campaign against Republican businessman Bruce Rauner, traveled to the town of Troy, IL, near St. Louis on Tuesday to sign the so-called “cupcake bill”
Continue Reading Illinois Governor Signs Cottage Food Bill in Kitchen of 12-Year-Old Baker
