HB304
House · 2025 sessionRepublicanSigned into lawHomestead kitchen food labeling rules
AI-generatedDetails labeling requirements for food products produced in homestead kitchens.
relative to labeling requirements for food produced in homestead kitchens.Official record
Division of testimonyComputed by this site
67 submissionsAll 12 written submissions were individually written — no organized campaign detected.
Status
Signed into law · May 21, 2025- ✓Introduced
- ✓House
- ✓Senate
- ✓Governor
- ✓Law
The record · every submission as filed
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Ann L'Italien for Myself Gilmanton Iron Works, NH I support this bill as I would like to encourage flexibility for those who grow and prepare local produce and products. | Gilmanton Iron Works, NH | Support | 119 | Feb 11, 2025 | |
Megan Ferentino for Myself South Hampton Everyone should have to label a product the same, all ingredients listed and allergens. It is not that hard to spell out what's in a product, consumers should not be hidden anything or need a QR code to read ingredients. Every person making a food product should label the same weather they are commercial making thousands of the same thing a day or in home making only one a day | South Hampton | Oppose | 380 | Feb 11, 2025 | |
Eric Maxwell for Myself Salisbury I oppose this bill because it will add needless requirements that will drive up costs for us and our customers and will serve as a barrier for entry for other small businesses. This will hinder the thriving small producer community we have here in NH and ultimately hurt all New Hampshire citizens. | Salisbury | Oppose | 299 | Feb 11, 2025 | |
Virginia Sapiro for Myself Gilmanton I am both a market gardener and President of Gilmanton's Own, Inc., a 501(c)3 organization with a mission of supporting local agriculture and farmers. Required labelling on products should be designed to support the health and well-being of the consumer and give proper information, but not be an undue burden on small producers. It is important to allow more flexibility and to allow labelling by QR code -- now common enough, and easy enough as most people have smart phones to provide adequate information. Thank you. | Gilmanton | Support | 521 | Feb 11, 2025 | |
Judy johnson for Myself Salem I have been made aware that this is happening by Dr Clough. It seems very wrong to me to think harmful things are being spewed into the atmosphere that will affect people and land with eventual negative side effects | Salem | Support | 216 | Feb 11, 2025 | |
Rhianna Rakip for Myself Nashua Please do not allow ingredients to be posted on a website or with a QR code. Those of us with food allergies depend on ingredient transparency and accountability. | Nashua | Oppose | 163 | Feb 11, 2025 | |
Katie Gilpatrick for Myself Epsom Expanding options for farmers and cottage bakers should the the foundation of keeping our community going. | Epsom | Support | 107 | Feb 11, 2025 | |
Janet Oliver for Myself BARRINGTON Please make it easier for small businesses to survive and thrive. | BARRINGTON | Support | 65 | Feb 11, 2025 | |
Diane Hashem for Myself Thornton I support HB 304 because it increases consumer freedom by allowing consumers to have greater access to cottage food goods in New Hampshire and would keep more of the food dollar in local communities with the increase in locally-produced foods consumers can obtain. | Thornton | Support | 264 | Feb 11, 2025 | |
Linh Aven for Myself Nottingham Anything we can do to lower the restrictions on more local food being produced on a small-scale for our local communities builds resiliency and trust to our local food systems. The public should be allowed more options to support local food. And individuals should be able to create a micro food business without loans and layers of red tape. Often these restrictions are in the name of food safety but in reality they support large business by keeping the little guys out. NH can do better. | Nottingham | Support | 492 | Feb 11, 2025 | |
David Guttadauro for Myself Brookfield Please support this bill to help keep NH Farmers, farming. | Brookfield | Support | 59 | Feb 11, 2025 | |
James Gardner for Myself Keene Dear Committee, I urge you to OPPOSE HB304. This bill is ridiculous! Every Granite Stater has a right to privacy, as you will see from the New Hampshire Constitution Part First Article 2-b (https://www.nh.gov/glance/bill-of-rights.htm) and this bill would directly violate the New Hampshire Constitution. Instead, how about the HB304 bill sponsors create a new bill to require these big companies, who sell processed foods with all sorts of ingredients that none of us can pronounce, put their personal names (not just the company name!), their personal physical address (not some company plant!), their personal e-mail address (not company@company.com), and their personal phone number (not 1-800-company) on their labels to be able to sell food in New Hampshire. The People of New Hampshire require the right to privacy, as provided by the New Hampshire Constitution Part First Article 2-b, so kill this bill which is attempting to violate our fellow Granite Staters! I demand that you OPPOSE HB304, unless you want to knowingly violate your fellow Granite Staters. Sincerely, James | Keene | Oppose | 1,090 | Feb 11, 2025 | |
Lindsay Bagshaw for Myself Loudon Position recorded without written comment. | Loudon | Support | — | Feb 11, 2025 | |
Laura Condon for Myself Bedford Position recorded without written comment. | Bedford | Oppose | — | Feb 11, 2025 | |
Marissa Hanson for Myself Barnstead Position recorded without written comment. | Barnstead | Support | — | Feb 11, 2025 | |
Kelly Bisson for Myself New Durham Position recorded without written comment. | New Durham | Support | — | Feb 11, 2025 | |
Sarah Borges for Myself Rochester Position recorded without written comment. | Rochester | Support | — | Feb 11, 2025 | |
Brian Guy for Myself Northwood Position recorded without written comment. | Northwood | Support | — | Feb 11, 2025 | |
Amy Matarozzo for Myself Center Barnstead Position recorded without written comment. | Center Barnstead | Support | — | Feb 11, 2025 | |
John Elsnau for Myself Deerfield Position recorded without written comment. | Deerfield | Support | — | Feb 11, 2025 | |
Melodie Martinez for Myself Grafton Position recorded without written comment. | Grafton | Support | — | Feb 11, 2025 | |
Tiffany Hall for Myself Rochester Position recorded without written comment. | Rochester | Support | — | Feb 11, 2025 | |
Lauren Tedford for Myself Milford Position recorded without written comment. | Milford | Support | — | Feb 11, 2025 | |
Cheryl Swett for Myself Northwood Position recorded without written comment. | Northwood | Support | — | Feb 11, 2025 | |
Carol McCluskey for Myself Gilmanton Position recorded without written comment. | Gilmanton | Oppose | — | Feb 11, 2025 |