RSA 143-A:16 · Producer Requirements

143-A:16 Producer Requirements. –

Copy link

I.

A federally exempt poultry producer may, in a calendar year, sell to licensed restaurants uninspected, processed whole poultry that the producer has raised in a quantity not to exceed the federal limit established in 21 U.S.C. section 464 and an unlicensed rabbit producer may, in a calendar year, sell to licensed restaurants up to 1,000 uninspected, processed whole rabbits that the producer has raised, provided all of the following conditions are met:

Copy link

(a)

The producer is current with all educational requirements that are established by the commissioner in consultation with the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food relative to proper methods of slaughtering, processing, packaging, and storing poultry or rabbit on the farm and its subsequent transport to restaurants; and

Copy link

(b)

The producer has registered with the department of agriculture, markets, and food by providing his or her name, the name and address of the farm, and phone number, to allow for trace back in the event of disease outbreak. Such registry information shall be protected pursuant to RSA 436:6-a.

Copy link

II.

An unlicensed rabbit producer may, in a calendar year, sell at his or her own farm, farmstand, or farmer's market up to 1,000 uninspected, processed whole rabbits that the producer has raised provided all of the following conditions are met:

Copy link

(a)

The rabbits are raised, slaughtered, processed, packaged, and sold within the state of New Hampshire;

Copy link

(b)

The producer has fulfilled all educational requirements that are established by the commissioner of the department of health and human services in consultation with the commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets, and food relative to proper methods of slaughtering, processing, packaging, and storing rabbit on the farm and its subsequent transport to farmstands or farmers markets; and

Copy link

(c)

The producer has registered with the department of agriculture, markets, and food by providing his or her name, the name and the address of the farm, and his or her phone number, to allow for trace back in the event of disease outbreak. Such information shall be protected pursuant to RSA 436:6-a.

Copy link

III.

The department may inspect these exempt products when the department has reason to suspect an imminent health hazard as defined in RSA 143-A:3, IV-b. Source. 2014, 165:2, eff. Oct. 9, 2014. 2016, 26:1, eff. June 24, 2016. 2017, 87:8, eff. July 1, 2017. 2025, 54:2, eff. July 29, 2025.

Copy link