AN ACT CONCERNING COTTAGE FOOD OPERATIONS.

SB 154 allows cottage food operations - home-based producers of non-potentially hazardous foods - to sell their products at any farm store or cafe within a 20-mile radius of their private residence. This directly affects small home-based food businesses and local farm stores/cafes that may now serve as sales venues. The key provision expands permitted sales locations beyond current restrictions (e.g., farmers' markets or direct home sales) by establishing a 20-mile geographic limit for these transactions. The bill does not alter product types or safety requirements but streamlines sales access for cottage food operators.