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This bill amends Tennessee's existing laws regarding homemade food items by modifying the regulations for time/temperature control for safety food items. Specifically, the bill allows the sale of certain homemade food items with important restrictions: these items cannot include unpasteurized milk or alcoholic beverages, and meat and poultry products are only permitted under specific federal guidelines. For poultry products, home-based food businesses must either operate under the 1,000-poultry exemption (meaning they use only exempted poultry products) or comply with federal inspection requirements by using federally or state-inspected poultry products that bear an official inspection mark. The bill also stipulates that these homemade food items can only be sold directly by the producer to the consumer or by an agent of the producer (such as a farm stand located on the property where the food was prepared). The changes to the law involve technical adjustments to cross-references within the existing code and will take effect on July 1, 2025, with the stated purpose of serving the public welfare.

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https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0484&ga=114