AB 897

Under current law, a person is not required to obtain a food processing plant

license from the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to sell

food products that the person prepares and cans at home in this state if all of the

following apply: 1) the food products are a fruit or vegetable pickled at a certain pH

level; 2) the person sells the food products at a community or social event or a farmers'

market in this state; 3) the sold food products are labeled with certain information;

4) the person displays a sign at the place of sale stating that the food product is

homemade and not subject to state inspection; and 5) the person receives less than

$5,000 per year from the sale of the food product. This bill increases the sales

threshold from $5,000 to $20,000, adds sesame to a list of ingredients that must be

listed by their common name on food labels, and includes in the food processing plant

license exemption food products that are nonpotentially hazardous foods.

“Nonpotentially hazardous food” is defined in the bill as prepared food that does not

require time and temperature control for safety to limit pathogenic microorganism

growth or toxin formation. The bill also requires a nonpotentially hazardous food

preparer exempt from the food processing plant license whose business makes more

than $2,000 per year to register with and provide contact information to DATCP.