This bill addresses provisions related to locally-produced foods.
This bill:
- defines and modifies terms;
- provides that raw milk and a raw milk product are a homemade food product under Title 4, Chapter 5a, Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act;
- removes a signage requirement for a direct-to-sale farmers market;
- clarifies when a producer or producer's designated representative may sell a homemade food product at a direct-to-sale location;
- provides that a producer retains ownership of a homemade food product distributed, sold, delivered, held, stored, or offered for sale by a designated representative unless otherwise agreed upon by the producer and designated representative;
- exempts a homemade food product sold at a direct-to-sale farmers market or direct-to-sale location from state sales tax;
- repeals provisions related to the regulation of raw milk by the Department of Agriculture and Food; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 4-3-102, 4-3-301, 59-12-104