Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources
The Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, in what the chair called likely its final session, unanimously advanced an expansion of the Cottage Foods Act — the 'Tamale Act' — and cleared a narrower, hard-fought bill requiring water buyers to revegetate or dry-farm land they've dried up, over a bipartisan pair of dissents.
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“I we always cut our morning breakfast from a very nice burrito lady. That's what we called her. So I would always get the bean and chicharrone burritos and they were awesome until the health department shut her down.”
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Sign in to subscribeBeen a while. We have two bills on our calendar. We're going to start with House Bill 1033 and then move to House Bill 1340 just for everybody who's here or watching online. It's that time of session where committee members are going to be in and out going to other committees and so that's it explains their absence. But we'll get folks back here if and when we are voting. So let's get started with House Bill 1033 by Senators Rodriguez and Pelton who are before us. Senator PELTON thank you Mr. Chair. Today we bring before you House Bill 1033. This bill modernizes and strengthens the Colorado College Cottage Food act by expanding opportunities for small scale food entrepreneurs while maintaining appropriate public health safeguards. By allowing the sale of refrigerated, refrigerated and certain meat products, the bill reflects evolving consumer demand and opens the door for producers to offer a broader range of goods to supporting local economies and entrepreneurship. Eliminating the $10,000 revenue cap allows producers to grow beyond hobby scale into viable small businesses, increasing access to authentic Colorado made goods. The bill still requires registration and targeted food safety training for high risk products…
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