HB204: relative to the sale of unpasteurized milk.

HB 204 – AS INTRODUCED

2007 SESSION

07-0590

08/01

HOUSE BILL 204

AN ACT relative to the sale of unpasteurized milk.

SPONSORS: Rep. Pilliod, Belk 5; Rep. Butynski, Ches 4

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

ANALYSIS

This bill allows the sale of unpasteurized milk if such milk and milk products are labeled as unpasteurized.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

07-0590

08/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

AN ACT relative to the sale of unpasteurized milk.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Pasteurization Required. Amend RSA 184:30-a to read as follows:

184:30-a Pasteurization Required. No milk or milk products as defined in RSA 184:79 shall be sold, offered for sale or served unless pasteurized. This shall not serve to prohibit the direct sale of raw milk or cream from the producer[, store or milk pasteurization plant] to the final consumer, [or milk or cream from a producer to stores, nor the serving of raw milk at bona fide boarding houses where the milk is produced on the premises, provided that in the dining room of such boarding houses a sign is prominently displayed stating that such raw milk is served therein,] nor the sale, within the state, of cheese made from raw milk when such cheese has been aged a minimum of 60 days at a temperature above 35 degrees Fahrenheit, and is clearly labeled as unpasteurized.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.