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CFA Legislative Action Alert/News on H.B. 391
Please note that this legislation is important for the development of
neighborhood and community based sustainable agriculture and economic
development initiatives in urban areas as well.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aleve Douglas" <alevedouglas@hotmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 1:18 PM
Subject: [peoplesagenda] CFA Legislative Action Alert/News on HB 391
> PLEASE FORWARD! If you live in Indiana, please forward this message on to
> your Kentucky contacts.
>
> Community Farm Alliance says:
>
> YES on HB (House Bill) 391!! This allows farmers to process, bake, and
can
> their food at home and sell it at farmers markets and out of their home.
>
> Good news on HB 391! It passed the House of the Kentucky State
Legislature
> unanimously on Friday! But this won't mean much if the senate doesn't
vote
> on it. We have eight days to go in this year's legislative session and we
> need your help in seeing this HB 391 through! The bill needs to go a few
> steps before it makes it to the Senate floor:
>
> First of all, the bill needs to get assigned to a committee. This is in
the
> hands of the Committee on Committees which includes Senators Dan Kelly,
> Charlie Borders, Elizabeth Tori*, Johnny Ray Turner, and Ed Worley. They
> need to be encouraged to pass the bill on and assign it to Agriculture and
> Natural Resources Committee.
>
> The bill also needs a sponsor in the Senate. Our first pick for this is
> Senator Ernie Harris*. We want to encourage him to support, co-sponsor,
and
> see HB 391 all the way through the Senate. He is also on the Agriculture
> and Natural Resources Committee. Harris needs to hear from his
constituents
> in Carroll, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham and Trimble counties.
>
> After that, the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee needs to pass
> the bill, so that the whole Senate can vote on it. And all in eight days!
>
> Please call you Kentucky State Senator today! Contact information with
> special instructions are below.
>
> If you don't know who your Kentucky State Senator is, visit:
>
> http://www.vote-smart.org/index.phtml to find out.
>
> If you're able to call your Senator, please respond to:
> alevedouglas@hotmail.com. I'm just curious! Thanks much and have a great
> day!
>
> -Aleve Douglas
>
> p.s. While you're at it, we want our Senators and Representatives to vote
NO
> for HB 218, HB 507, and SB 14 which all appopriate large sums of the
tobacco
> settlement fund to industrial economic development in a non-tobacco
> dependent area of western Kentucky.
>
> For more information on those bills, go to
> http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/record/03rs/record.htm. On the LRC website you
> can also see who your Senator is.
> ___________________________________________________________________
> CONTACT NUMBERS, WITH SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR TORI, SHAUGHNESSY, AND
> HARRIS:
>
> Message line: 1-800-372-7181
> Bill status line: 1-877-215-0023
>
> District 10: Elizabeth Tori; Email: elizabeth.tori@lrc.state.ky.us;
Capitol
> Office #: 502-564-8100
>
> *Elizabeth Tori is on the Committee on Committees--encourage her to pass
the
> HB 391 on and assign it to the Agriculture and Natural Resources
Committee.
>
> District 19: Tim Shaughnessy; Email: tim.shaughnessy@lrc.state.ky.us;
> Capitol Office #: 502-564-8100, ext. 621
>
> *Tim Shaughnessy is on the Agriculture and Natural Resources
> Committee--encourage him to pass HB 391 to the Senate floor.
>
> District 26: Ernie Harris; Email: eharris@mail.lrc.state.ky.us; Capitol
> Office #: 502-564-8100, ext. 605
>
> *Community Farm Alliance is asking Ernie Harris to support, co-sponsor,
and
> see HB 391 all the way through the Senate. He is also on the Agriculture
> and Natural Resources Committee.
>
> District 33: Gerald Neal; Capitol Office #: 502-564-8100, ext. 718
>
> District 35: David Karem; Email: david.karem@lrc.state.ky.us; Capitol
Office
> #: 502-564-8100
>
> District 36: Julie Denton; Capitol Office #: 502-564-8100, ext. 646
>
> District 37: Larry Saunders; Email: larry.saunders@lrc.state.ky.us;
Capitol
> Office #: 502-564-8100, ext. 624
>
> District 38: Dan Seum; Email: dan.seum@lrc.state.ky.us; Capitol Office #:
> 502-564-8100, ext. 645
>
>
> (there are more facts on HB 391 pasted below)
> _____________________________________________
>
> Vote YES on HB 391!!
>
> HB 391 Home-processing legislation
>
> Kentucky's family farms have a long history of baking and canning what
they
> grow, and selling these homemade goods to their neighbors. HB 391 allows
> this tradition to continue by exempting home-processed breads, jams, pies,
> etc. from current certification requirements. It also calls for in-state
> training and certification for home-processors of low-acid or
acid-modified
> foods that may pose severe health risks, including botulism, if processed
> incorrectly. These include all tomato products (such as salsa, ketchup
and
> BBQ sauce) and pickled foods. The bill does not cover meat, eggs, or
dairy
> products.
>
> HB 391 Definitions
>
> Home-based processors "a person who in their home processes and produces
> whole fruits and vegetables, mixed greens, jams, jellies, sweet sorghum
> syrup, preserves, fruit butter, bread, fruit pies, cakes or cookies."
>
> Home-based microprocessors "a person who in their home or certified or
> permitted kitchen, produces or processes acid foods, formulated acid food
> products, acidified food products, or low-acid canned foods, and who has a
> net income of less than thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) annually
from
> the sale of the product."
>
> What does HB 391 do?
>
> - exempts home-based processors from needing a permit to operate
> - requires Cabinet of Health Services to define standards for home-based
> microprocessing
> - requires Kentucky Cooperative Extension Services to train and certify
> microprocessors
>
> Why do we need HB 391?
>
> - It exempts from certification requirements the home-processing of foods
> that do not pose a significant health risk.
> - Kentucky farmers can be certified for low-acid and acid-modified foods
in
> state, rather than being forced to attend a school out of state.
> - Farm products may be value-added ¨C putting more profit in the farmer's
> pocket.
> - It allows for infrastructure so HB 611/Phase I funds can work!
>
> What about health standards?
>
> This bill does not lower food health standards "it simply allows
> direct-marketing of home-made goods to continue, while increasing the
> ability to certify a home kitchen for acid food production."
>
> What do other states do?
>
> - 13 state universities offer food-processing certification through their
> College of Agriculture. FDA offers institutions a suggested protocol and
> curriculum for certification.
> - 28 states allow the sale of home-processed goods.
>
> 614-A Shelby St. Frankfort, KY 40601 - (502) 223-3655 - fax (502)
223-0804
> - cfarma@bellsouth.net
>
>
> PLEASE FORWARD!
>
>
> Good news on HB 391! It passed the House of the Kentucky State
Legislature
> unanimously! But this won't mean much if the senate doesn't vote on it.
We
> have eight days to go in this year's legislative session and the bill
needs
> to make it out of the Committee on Committees to the Agriculture and
Natural
> Resources
>
> If you live in Indiana, please forward this message on to your Kentucky
> contacts.
>
> District 10: Elizabeth Tori; Email: elizabeth.tori@lrc.state.ky.us;
Capitol
> Office #: 502-564-8100
>
> District 19: Tim Shaughnessy; Email: tim.shaughnessy@lrc.state.ky.us;
> Capitol Office #: 502-564-8100, ext. 621
>
> District 26: Ernie Harris; Email: eharris@mail.lrc.state.ky.us; Capitol
> Office #: 502-564-8100, ext. 605
>
> District 33: Gerald Neal; Capitol Office #: 502-564-8100, ext. 718
>
> District 35: David Karem; Email: david.karem@lrc.state.ky.us; Capitol
Office
> #: 502-564-8100
>
> District 36: Julie Denton; Capitol Office #: 502-564-8100, ext. 646
>
> District 37: Larry Saunders; Email: larry.saunders@lrc.state.ky.us;
Capitol
> Office #: 502-564-8100, ext. 624
>
> District 38: Dan Seum; Email: dan.seum@lrc.state.ky.us; Capitol Office #:
> 502-564-8100, ext. 645
>
>
> It needs a sponsor; Community Farm Alliance seems to be the most likely
> candidate
>
> Ernie Harris
> YES on HB (House Bill) 391: this allows farmers to process, bake, and can
> their food at home and sell it at farmers markets and out of their home.
>
> NO on SB (Senate Bill) 14: this takes $10 million from the tobacco
> settlement fund that is allocated for agricultural development for tobacco
> dependent counties, and uses that large amount of the fund instead for an
> industrial park in a non-tobacco dependent area of the state.
>
> Numbers to call:
>
> Message line: 1-800-372-7181
> To reach a legislator in person: 502-564-8100
> And the bill status line is: 1-877-215-0023
>
> If you don't know who your House Rep is, visit:
>
> http://www.vote-smart.org/index.phtml to find out.
>
> If you're able to call your rep, please respond to:
> alevedouglas@hotmail.com. I'm just curious! Thanks much and have a great
> day!
>
> -Aleve Douglas, (there are more facts on HB 391 pasted below)
>
> _____________________________________________
>
> Vote YES on HB 391!!
>
> HB 391 Home-processing legislation
>
> Kentucky's family farms have a long history of baking and canning what
they
> grow, and selling these homemade goods to their neighbors. HB 391 allows
> this tradition to continue by exempting home-processed breads, jams, pies,
> etc. from current certification requirements. It also calls for in-state
> training and certification for home-processors of low-acid or
acid-modified
> foods that may pose severe health risks, including botulism, if processed
> incorrectly. These include all tomato products (such as salsa, ketchup
and
> BBQ sauce) and pickled foods. The bill does not cover meat, eggs, or
dairy
> products.
>
> HB 391 Definitions
>
> Home-based processors "a person who in their home processes and produces
> whole fruits and vegetables, mixed greens, jams, jellies, sweet sorghum
> syrup, preserves, fruit butter, bread, fruit pies, cakes or cookies."
>
> Home-based microprocessors "a person who in their home or certified or
> permitted kitchen, produces or processes acid foods, formulated acid food
> products, acidified food products, or low-acid canned foods, and who has a
> net income of less than thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) annually
from
> the sale of the product."
>
> What does HB 391 do?
>
> - exempts home-based processors from needing a permit to operate
> - requires Cabinet of Health Services to define standards for home-based
> microprocessing
> - requires Kentucky Cooperative Extension Services to train and certify
> microprocessors
>
> Why do we need HB 391?
>
> - It exempts from certification requirements the home-processing of foods
> that do not pose a significant health risk.
> - Kentucky farmers can be certified for low-acid and acid-modified foods
in
> state, rather than being forced to attend a school out of state.
> - Farm products may be value-added ¨C putting more profit in the farmer's
> pocket.
> - It allows for infrastructure so HB 611/Phase I funds can work!
>
> What about health standards?
>
> This bill does not lower food health standards "it simply allows
> direct-marketing of home-made goods to continue, while increasing the
> ability to certify a home kitchen for acid food production."
>
> What do other states do?
>
> - 13 state universities offer food-processing certification through their
> College of Agriculture. FDA offers institutions a suggested protocol and
> curriculum for certification.
> - 28 states allow the sale of home-processed goods.
>
> 614-A Shelby St. Frankfort, KY 40601 - (502) 223-3655 - fax (502)
223-0804
> - cfarma@bellsouth.net
>
>
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