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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 216
BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHRODER
PUBLIC HEALTH: Provides for preparation of pies in the home for public consumption
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 40:4.9(A)(1), (2)(introductory paragraph) and (b), (B), and (C),2
relative to certain food products prepared in the home for public consumption; to3
provide for application of the state Sanitary Code; to provide for regulations4
concerning preparation of pies in the home for sale; to provide for exceptions; and5
to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 40:4.9(A)(1), (2)(introductory paragraph) and (b), (B), and (C) are8
hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 9
ยง4.9. Jellies, preserves, jams, honey, honeycomb products, cakes, and cookies, and10
pies; preparation in home for public consumption11
A.(1)(a) No Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, no12
provision of the state Sanitary Code or any provision of any other law or regulation13
that requires any equipment, design, construction, utensils, supplies, preparation, or14
services shall apply to the preparation of jellies, preserves, jams, honey, honeycomb15
products, cakes, and cookies, or pies in the home for sale.16
(b) This Section shall not be construed to allow the sale or distribution of any17
unwholesome food.18 HLS 14RS-862 ORIGINAL
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(b) (c) The provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph shall not apply1
to any preparer of cakes, and cookies, or pies who employs any individual to assist2
in the preparation of such cakes and cookies food products.3
(2) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all of the following4
provisions of the state Sanitary Code restrictions, conditions, and requirements shall5
apply to the preparation of cakes, and cookies, and pies in the home for sale:6
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(b) The building shall be constructed so as to exclude rats, mice, roaches or8
other vermin. Domestic pets shall be excluded in any part of the establishment9
where the preparation and baking of such cakes, and cookies, or pies takes take10
place.11
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B. This Section shall not apply to any preparers preparer of jellies, preserves,13
jams, honey, honeycomb products, cakes, and cookies, or pies which are made at a14
home for sale, whose gross annual sales equal twenty thousand dollars or more.15
C. Any No individual selling cookies and cakes from who prepares cakes,16
cookies, or pies in the home for sale to the public pursuant to this Section shall not17
sell such cakes, and cookies, or pies to any retail business or individual for resale.18
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Schroder HB No. 216
Abstract: Provides a conditional exception from Sanitary Code requirements and other
regulations to apply to preparation of pies in the home for public consumption.
Present law provides that neither the state Sanitary Code nor any code, law, or regulation
providing requirements relative to commercial food preparation shall apply to the
preparation of jellies, preserves, jams, honey, or honeycomb products in the home for sale.
Provides that such general exception also applies to home-based preparers of cakes and
cookies; however, subjects preparers of cakes and cookies to certain specific food
preparation requirements. Provides further that the general exception to food preparation
regulations shall not apply to any home-based food preparer whose gross annual sales equal
$20,000 or more. HLS 14RS-862 ORIGINAL
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Proposed law retains present law and extends application of the general exception to food
preparation regulations provided therein to home-based preparers of pies for sale, and
subjects home-based preparers of pies to the same specific food preparation requirements
provided in present law for home-based preparers of cakes and cookies.
Present law provides that the general exception to food preparation regulations provided
therein shall not apply to any preparer of cakes and cookies who employs an individual to
assist in the preparation of such food products. Proposed law retains present law and adds
stipulation that preparers of pies who similarly employ an individual shall not qualify for the
exception to food preparation regulations.
Present law provides that no preparer of cakes or cookies to which present law applies shall
sell such food products to any retail business or individual for resale. Proposed law retains
present law and extends prohibition on selling food products for resale to home-based
preparers of pies.
Proposed law extends to home-based preparers of pies all of the following specific
requirements relative to the food preparation facility and procedures provided in present law
for preparers of cakes and cookies:
(1)All outside openings of the building shall be protected against flies and other vermin.
(2)The building shall be constructed so as to exclude rats, mice, roaches, or other
vermin. Domestic pets shall be excluded in any part of the establishment where the
preparation and baking of food products takes place.
(3)All equipment used or connected in any way with the manufacture, baking, cooking
or other processing, handling, packing, or storing of any bakery or confectionery
product shall comply with the following:
(a)Be maintained in a clean and sanitary manner, be free from cracks, and,
wherever possible, be composed of non-corroding metal or other smooth,
impervious material giving an easily cleanable surface. Stationary or not
readily-movable equipment shall be so installed as to provide for easy
cleaning.
(b)Refrigeration shall be provided so that all perishable food products used in
the manufacturer processing of any kind connected with the production,
distribution, or sale of bakery or confectionery products shall be maintained
at a temperature not to exceed forty-five degrees Fahrenheit.
(c)Equipment too large to permit washing in the sinks shall be cleaned in a
manner approved by the state health officer.
(d)All barrels, boxes, tubs, pails, kneading troughs, machines, racks, pans, or
other receptacles used for holding materials from which bakery or
confectionery products are manufactured shall be kept clean and sanitary and
shall be so constructed as to be easily cleanable.
(e)All food contact surfaces shall be cleaned and sanitized after each day's
production.
(4)Only pasteurized milk or milk products shall be used in the preparation of custard
and cream-filled bakery products.
(5)All custard or cream-filled mixtures shall be cooked, the temperature and time of
heating of the mix, to be at a minimum, the equivalent of a temperature of one
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(6)Upon completion of the cooking of the mix, it shall be immediately transferred into
previously sanitized containers, properly covered and chilled as rapidly as possible
to forty-five degrees Fahrenheit or below and maintained at such a temperature until
used.
(7)The apparatus and food contact surfaces used in adding any custard or cream filling
to a bakery product shall be of impervious material and shall be thoroughly cleaned
and sanitized after each use, in a manner approved by the state health officer. No
cloth filled bags shall be used.
(Amends R.S. 40:4.9(A)(1), (2)(intro. para.) and (b), (B), and (C))