HB 1433 Summary

• Creates exemptions for "cottage food operators" to sell unregulated food products directly to consumers, including baked goods, jams, jellies, and other foods prepared in home kitchens, without requiring state licensure, permitting, certification, or inspection.

• Permits direct sales of poultry products without inspection if the operator slaughters no more than 1,000 poultry annually, does not buy or sell poultry products from other sources, and the products are not adulterated or misbranded.

• Restricts cottage food sales to direct transactions between producer and informed consumers for home consumption only, prohibiting internet, phone, mail, or consignment sales and interstate commerce.

• Requires cottage food operators to inform consumers that products are not inspected, display warning signs stating "This product is made in a home kitchen that is not inspected by the state or local health department," and label refrigerated products with safe handling instructions.

• Amends egg grading requirements to exempt producers selling only their own flock's eggs and modifies animal-based product regulations to allow exceptions for permitted cottage food operations.