Louisiana Cottage Food Law Proposed - Update - Now Signed Into Law

I could support this

A very good thing if this goes through.

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Simon said the bill puts the responsibly on the consumer to absorb the risk of eating home-cooked foods

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Who'da thunk that? A lawmaker actually giving the ordinary citizen a choice in what they can put in their own bodies.

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Kind of different from the ATC conversation we were a part of about beer, huh?

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I wonder if we could get homebrewed beer and wine amended in? Some of those "cottage" items have the potential to kill you, albeit ever so slight. Beer and wine not so much, minus long term health effects or ODing.

I'm not talking about sales. I might have worded that wrong. That's obviously never going to happen. It would just be nice to have some legal backing when we serve at beer festivals, whereas now we have zero legal backing in regards to DHH and Ag & Forestry.

HB 775 doesn't include any language about meat or seafood. Here's the full text of the bill: LINK Draft
I like the current form: it is squarely addressed at home producers (under $20K), has a reasonable list of products included (last year's bill that passed included just cakes & cookies, duh), and includes a simple labeling requirement. All aspects seem reasonable at present. Hope it gets some traction...some of the commercial baking interests tried to shoot last year's bill down, and this one is far from a done deal.

Low-risk is low-risk. If the product is clearly labeled, the consumer can decide for him/herself.

BBQ sauce is ok....not hot tamales. They're not "low risk"....in general terms, low risk is anything safely stored at room temperature, not requiring refrigeration. And meat pies are fried, not baked. To my understanding, low risk does not include meat pies or crawfish/seafood pies. Those are a filling with a minimal baked shell and must be refrigerated for storage.

As opposed to a pecan pie, cheese danish, or an almond croissant, which are stored at room temp.

The cottage food bill was approved by the LA House in a unanimous vote...so it's now on to the Senate. Also, the current version of the text clarifies that low-risk foods may not contain animal muscle protein or fish protein. So at least the "no meat or seafood" ambiguity mentioned upthread has been clarified.

You think legislators read? Ha.

Fine with it. Canned/Pickled things have a chance of botulism that is involved if not done properly. Could be an issue.