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SB226 • 2026

HOMEMADE FOOD; REDUCED OXYGEN PACKAGING

An Act relating to the sale of homemade food.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
SENATOR GIESSEL
Last action
2026-04-10
Official status
(S) RES
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about enforcement or interstate commerce rules, leaving these areas open for interpretation.

Homemade Food Sales Rules

This act sets rules for selling homemade food in Alaska, including where and how it can be sold.

What This Bill Does

  • Limits the sale of certain types of homemade food to personal consumption only.
  • Allows the sale of homemade food at specific locations such as farmers' markets, farms, or producers’ homes.
  • Prohibits the sale of meat products, seafood, game meat, and potentially hazardous foods in reduced oxygen packaging.
  • Defines 'reduced oxygen packaging' for homemade foods.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who sell homemade food in Alaska

Terms To Know

Reduced Oxygen Packaging
Packaging that removes oxygen to keep the food fresh or create a vacuum seal.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if someone sells homemade food in interstate commerce.
  • Does not provide details on how enforcement will be carried out.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-10 Text

    (S) Heard & Held

  2. 2026-04-10 Text

    (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205

  3. 2026-04-08 Text

    (S) Heard & Held

  4. 2026-04-08 Text

    (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205

  5. 2026-03-20 1994

    (S) REFERRED TO RESOURCES

  6. 2026-03-20 1994

    (S) FN1: ZERO(DEC)

  7. 2026-03-20 1994

    (S) DP: BJORKMAN, DUNBAR, GRAY-JACKSON

  8. 2026-03-20 1994

    (S) L&C RPT 3DP

  9. 2026-03-18 Text

    (S) Moved SB 226 Out of Committee

  10. 2026-03-18 Text

    (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)

  11. 2026-03-16 Text

    (S) Heard & Held

  12. 2026-03-16 Text

    (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)

  13. 2026-01-26 1543

    (S) L&C, RES

  14. 2026-01-26 1543

    (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

Official Summary Text

HOMEMADE FOOD; REDUCED OXYGEN PACKAGING
An Act relating to the sale of homemade food.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL NO. 226

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION

BY SENATOR GIESSEL

Introduced: 1/26/26
Referred: Labor and Commerce, Resources

A BILL

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED

"An Act relating to the sale of homemade food." 1
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 2
* Section 1. AS 17.20.332(b) is amended to read: 3
(b) The sale of a homemade food under this section 4
(1) is only for personal consumption; 5
(2) must occur in the state at a farmers' market, an agricultural fair, a 6
farm, a ranch, the producer's home or office, the retail location of a third-party seller, 7
or a location agreed on between the producer and the buyer; and 8
(3) may not involve 9
(A) interstate commerce; or 10
(B) the purchase or sale of 11
(i) meat or meat products, except as provided in (h) of 12
this section; 13
(ii) seafood; 14
(iii) a controlled substance; 15
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(iv) oil rendered from animal fat; [OR] 1
(v) game meat; or 2
(vi) potentially hazardous homemade food in 3
reduced oxygen packaging. 4
* Sec. 2. AS 17.20.338 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 5
(13) "reduced oxygen packaging" means packaging for a homemade 6
food product from which oxygen has been removed to maintain product quality or to 7
promote a vacuum seal. 8