Noem signs legislation expanding reach of cottage food industry

RAPID CITY, S.D. — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signed legislation Friday to develop entry to home made or “cottage” meals within the state.

House Bill 1322 revised the definition of these cottage meals to incorporate all shelf-stable meals, and even some meals requiring refrigeration, offered the vendor completes common food-safety coaching.

Cottage food producers will nonetheless be required to label objects with a product title, the title of the producer and a disclaimer that it wasn’t produced in a industrial kitchen.

Supporters say the invoice expands food freedom and can remove the necessity for third-party testing for native producers promoting their home made items.

Barb Cromwell, supervisor of the Black Hills Farmers Market, says, “[Now they are food certified for all their canned goods], wright here earlier than they needed to ship every particular person recipe into the state for a certification…and that signifies that they may also be capable of cross their recipes, cross their enterprise right down to the subsequent era, or promote it after they want to retire.”

Cromwell says she believes that over the long term, the brand new guidelines will entice extra distributors to the native market.

The new legislation will take impact on July 1, 2022.