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A217 • 2026

Requires Department of Agriculture to conduct inspections of on-farm dairy processing activities.

Requires Department of Agriculture to conduct inspections of on-farm dairy processing activities.

Agriculture
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Fantasia, Dawn
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires Department of Agriculture to conduct inspections of on-farm dairy processing activities.

Requires Department of Agriculture to conduct inspections of on-farm dairy processing activities.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires Department of Agriculture to conduct inspections of on-farm dairy processing activities.
  • Topic: Agriculture and Natural Resources Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires Department of Agriculture to conduct inspections of on-farm dairy processing activities.
Topic:
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A217

ASSEMBLY, No. 217

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman DAWN FANTASIA

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen Bergen, Kanitra, Myhre, Inganamort, McClellan,
Sauickie, Peterson, Clifton and DiMaio

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires Department of Agriculture to conduct
inspections of on-farm dairy processing activities.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act

requiring the Department of Agriculture to
conduct inspections of on-farm dairy processing activities and supplementing
Title 24 of the Revised Statutes.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� a.� The jurisdiction and
authority vested pursuant to existing law in the Department of Health to
conduct inspections of on-farm dairy processing operations is hereby
transferred to the Department of Agriculture.

���� b.� The Department of
Agriculture, in consultation with the Department of Health and local boards of
health, shall oversee all inspections of on-farm dairy processing activities.

���� 2.��� The Secretary of
Agriculture may adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the �Administrative
Procedure Act,� P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), as may be necessary to
implement the provisions of this act.

���� 3. This act shall take effect
immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill would transfer the
authority of all on-farm dairy processing inspection activities from the
Department of Health to the Department of Agriculture.� The Department of
Agriculture would be required to collaborate with the Department of Health and
local boards of health to oversee all on-farm dairy processing activities.�