HLS 22RS-886 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 343
BY REPRESENTATIVE HORTON
SMALL BUSINESS: Increases the gross annual sales threshold under which a home-based
preparer of low-risk foods may qualify for the protections of the statute known
commonly as the cottage food law
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 40:4.9(B), relative to the cottage food law; to provide for gross
3 annual sales of low risk foods; to provide for qualifications for protection; and to
4 provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:4.9(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง4.9. Low-risk foods; preparation in home for public consumption
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9 B. This Section shall not apply to any preparer of low-risk foods made at a
10 home for sale, whose gross annual sales equal twenty fifty thousand dollars or more.
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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)]
HB 343 Original 2022 Regular Session Horton
Abstract: Increases the gross annual sales threshold for home-based, low-risk food
preparers.
Present law provides that any preparer of low-risk foods whose gross annual sales are
$20,000 or more does not qualify for protection under present law exempting such persons
from certain regulations relative to the preparation of food for public consumption.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 22RS-886 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 343
Proposed law changes the gross annual sales threshold from $20,000 to $50,000 or more.
Proposed law otherwise retains present law.
(Amends R.S. 40:4.9(B))
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