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HB398: Rules for Making and Selling Cottage Food Items
This law allows the production and sale of cottage food items with specific exemptions, requirements, and disclosures while prohibiting local governments from creating conflicting rules.
What This Bill Does
- Authorizes the production and sale of cottage food items with certain exemptions, requirements, and disclosures.
- Provides definitions for terms used in the law.
- Establishes a system for inspections related to these foods.
- Sets up civil penalties for breaking the rules.
- Prohibits counties and cities from creating local regulations that conflict with state laws on cottage food items.
Who It Names or Affects
- People who produce or sell cottage food items.
- State agencies responsible for inspections and enforcement.
- County governments and city corporations in Georgia.
Terms To Know
- Cottage food items
- Food products authorized to be produced and sold under the new state rules with specific requirements.
- Civil penalty
- A financial punishment provided for in the law for violating its provisions.
Limits and Unknowns
- The official summary does not list exactly which foods count as 'cottage food items' or what specific rules apply.
- The exact amount of money required to pay a civil penalty is not stated in the provided text.
- The specific details about how inspections will be conducted are not included.