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This bill amends Tennessee's existing laws regarding homemade food sales by establishing new regulations for time/temperature control for safety food items. Specifically, the bill clarifies that homemade food items cannot include unpasteurized milk, alcoholic beverages, fish, shellfish, meat, or meat byproducts. The bill allows for the sale of poultry products under two specific conditions: first, if the home-based food business operates under the 1,000-poultry exemption in federal regulations and uses only exempted poultry products, or second, if the business uses federally or state-inspected poultry products that bear the official inspection mark and meet all applicable exemption requirements. Sales of these homemade food items are restricted to direct sales from the producer to the consumer or through an agent of the producer, such as a farm stand located on the property where the food was prepared. The bill makes technical amendments to cross-references within the existing law and is set to take effect on July 1, 2025.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Budget and Finance

https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0130&ga=114