Concerns baked goods sold at farm markets.
This bill modifies New Jersey's food sales law to clarify that producers of baked goods (like cakes, cookies, and pastries, but excluding bread) can sell these items at farm markets in wrapped or covered containers for health reasons, without needing to weigh them. Currently, most food sold by dry measure must be sold by weight or count, with limited exceptions for farmers selling produce in open containers. The bill explicitly adds baked goods to this exception when sold in sanitized, wrapped containers, aligning with common farm market practices. It defines "producer" to include bakers of these items and specifies that such goods must still be sold in standard-sized containers. This change directly affects small-batch bakery vendors operating at farm markets.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee
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