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Louisiana Cottage Food Law Proposed - Update - Now Signed Into Law
Posted on 4/17/14 at 11:55 am
Posted on 4/17/14 at 11:55 am
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The bill: House Bill 775, sponsored by committee chair Rep. Scott Simon, R-Abita Springs, creates the "Louisiana Cottage Food Law." The proposed law exempts from the state's sanitary code a number of foods defined in the bill as low risk foods. The following foods were specifically listed:
Baked goods, including breads, cakes, cookies and pies
Candies
Dried mixes
Honey and honeycomb products
Jams, jellies and preserves
Pickles and acidified foods
Sauces and syrups
Spices
LINK
This post was edited on 6/6/14 at 1:12 pm
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:08 pm to Stadium Rat
I support less government. Fix the roads and bridges, before you worry about my pralines. This is a good thing.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:39 pm to Stadium Rat
Sad we need a law to allow free trade. I'm for it.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:43 pm to Stadium Rat
A very good thing if this goes through.
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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Simon said the bill puts the responsibly on the consumer to absorb the risk of eating home-cooked foods
Who'da thunk that? A lawmaker actually giving the ordinary citizen a choice in what they can put in their own bodies.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:49 pm to BottomlandBrew
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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.
Kind of different from the ATC conversation we were a part of about beer, huh?
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:55 pm to Fratastic423
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Kind of different from the ATC conversation we were a part of about beer, huh?
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.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:13 pm to BottomlandBrew
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I wonder if we could get homebrewed beer and wine amended in?
:lol:
Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:28 pm to Oenophile Brah
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.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:41 pm to BottomlandBrew
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. 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.
I completely agree with you. These foolish laws designed to "protect" everyone are so antiquated.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:52 pm to Oenophile Brah
I'm assuming 'pie' doesn't include a pie with meat or seafood in it.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 2:04 pm to Stadium Rat
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.
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.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 2:39 pm to hungryone
So BBQ sauce is OK, I presume.
Hot tamales no, but meat pies are OK.
Hot tamales no, but meat pies are OK.
This post was edited on 4/17/14 at 2:40 pm
Posted on 4/17/14 at 3:06 pm to Stadium Rat
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.
As opposed to a pecan pie, cheese danish, or an almond croissant, which are stored at room temp.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 3:42 pm to hungryone
Oh I realize that. My comment was more a subtle jab at poorly crafted legislation.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 6:23 pm to Stadium Rat
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.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 8:36 pm to hungryone
Cool. You think they read TD?
Posted on 5/2/14 at 6:00 am to Stadium Rat
You think legislators read? Ha.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 8:02 am to hungryone
Well, if they do read, they'd be more likely to be reading TD than the bills they're voting on.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:36 am to Stadium Rat
Fine with it. Canned/Pickled things have a chance of botulism that is involved if not done properly. Could be an issue.
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