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HLS 26RS-460 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 347
BY REPRESENTATIVE DESHOTEL
SMALL BUSINESS: Provides for the production of homemade food for sale to the public
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:4.9(B), relative to homemade food for sale to the public; to
3 modify the gross sale amount to qualify for low-risk homemade food exemption to
4 the Sanitary Code and other food safety laws; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:4.9(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 §4.9. Low-risk foods; preparation in home for public consumption
8 * * *
9 B. This Section shall does not apply to any preparer of low-risk foods made
10 at a home for sale, whose gross annual sales equal thirty thousand one hundred
11 thousand dollars or more.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 347 Original 2026 Regular Session Deshotel
Abstract: Increases the annual sales amount to qualify for an exemption to certain food
safety laws for low-risk, homemade foods sold to public.
Present law provides that producers of low-risk, homemade foods may sell such foods to the
public and are exempt from food safety and sanitary requirements if the producer sells less
than $30,000 of low-risk, homemade foods annually.
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HLS 26RS-460 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 347
Proposed law increases the annual sales limit for this exemption from $30,000 to $100,000,
after which a producer would no longer qualify for the exemption.
(Amends R.S. 40:4.9(B))
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