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2767
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ON
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(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2444)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
April
27,
2026
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
the
sale
and
distribution
of
certain
1
food,
providing
for
fees,
making
penalties
applicable,
and
2
including
effective
date
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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DIVISION
I
1
FARM-TO-TABLE
EVENT
2
Section
1.
Section
137F.1,
subsection
6,
Code
2026,
is
3
amended
to
read
as
follows:
4
6.
“Event”
means
a
any
of
the
following:
5
a.
A
significant
occurrence
or
happening
sponsored
by
6
a
civic,
business,
governmental,
community,
or
veterans
7
organization
and
may
include
an
athletic
contest.
8
b.
An
occurrence
or
happening
associated
with
a
9
farm-to-table
event.
10
Sec.
2.
Section
137F.1,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
the
11
following
new
subsection:
12
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
6A.
“Farm-to-table
event”
means
a
temporary
13
food
establishment
in
which
an
event
is
located
on
real
estate
14
classified
as
agricultural
property
for
property
tax
purposes,
15
if
all
of
the
following
apply:
16
a.
The
person
conducting
the
event
holds
a
legal
interest
17
in
the
agricultural
property.
18
b.
The
event
includes
a
meal
prepared
on
the
Iowa
farm
or
19
off
site
and
transported
to
the
farm
by
a
food
establishment
20
operating
as
a
caterer.
21
c.
(1)
The
event
is
conducted
outdoors
or
within
a
22
structure
located
on
the
Iowa
farm.
23
(2)
If
the
event
is
conducted
in
a
structure,
all
of
the
24
following
apply:
25
(a)
The
structure
is
not
being
actively
used
to
maintain
a
26
farm
animal
as
defined
in
section
673A.3.
27
(b)
The
structure
is
maintained
in
a
clean
condition.
28
d.
At
least
fifty
percent
of
the
entire
farm-to-table
29
meal,
including
entrees,
drinks,
side
dishes,
and
desserts,
30
is
derived
from
an
agricultural
product
produced
by
persons
31
participating
in
the
choose
Iowa
promotional
program
as
32
provided
in
chapter
187.
33
DIVISION
II
34
COTTAGE
FOOD
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Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
137F.21
Cottage
food
——
sale
at
a
food
1
establishment
——
requirements.
2
1.
A
food
establishment
shall
not
offer
for
sale
or
sell
a
3
cottage
food
unless
all
of
the
following
apply:
4
a.
The
cottage
food
producer
or
an
employee
of
the
cottage
5
food
producer
delivers
or
distributes
the
cottage
food
directly
6
to
the
consumer.
7
b.
The
food
establishment
does
not
intermingle
the
cottage
8
food
with
food
that
is
not
cottage
food.
9
c.
The
food
establishment
does
not
store
the
cottage
10
food
with
other
food
on
the
same
shelf
or
as
part
of
the
same
11
display.
12
d.
The
cottage
food
is
packaged.
13
e.
The
cottage
food
is
affixed
or
labeled
with
the
14
information
required
under
section
137F.20.
15
f.
The
food
establishment
posts
a
conspicuous
notice
at
the
16
location
where
the
cottage
food
is
offered
for
sale
or
sold.
17
The
notice
must
state
the
following:
18
“COTTAGE
FOOD
19
This
product
was
produced
at
a
residential
property
that
is
20
exempt
from
state
licensing
and
inspection.
See
the
available
21
information
provided
on
the
packaged
label.”
22
2.
Notwithstanding
subsection
1,
a
temporary
food
23
establishment
may
provide
a
cottage
food
that
is
produced
on
24
the
farm
to
consumers
during
a
farm-to-table
event.
25
DIVISION
III
26
RULEMAKING
AND
EFFECTIVE
DATE
27
Sec.
4.
EMERGENCY
RULES.
The
department
of
inspections,
28
appeals,
and
licensing
shall
adopt
emergency
rules
under
29
section
17A.4,
subsection
3,
and
section
17A.5,
subsection
2,
30
paragraph
“b”,
to
implement
the
provisions
of
this
Act
within
31
one
hundred
eighty
days
of
the
effective
date
of
this
Act
and
32
shall
submit
such
rules
to
the
administrative
rules
coordinator
33
and
the
administrative
code
editor
pursuant
to
section
17A.5,
34
subsection
1,
within
the
same
period.
The
rules
shall
be
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effective
immediately
upon
filing
unless
a
later
date
is
1
specified
in
the
rules.
Any
rules
adopted
in
accordance
with
2
this
section
shall
also
be
published
as
a
notice
of
intended
3
action
as
provided
in
section
17A.4.
4
Sec.
5.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
5
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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