HB 16 — An Act relating to shared animal ownership; and relating to the sharing and sale of raw milk and raw milk products.

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"An Act relating to sharedthe animalAlaska ownership;Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act;

and relating to the sharing and sale of rawmilk, milk andproducts, raw milkmilk, products."and SPONSORraw SUBSTITUTEmilk FORproducts." HOUSE BILL NO.

16 01 "An Act relating to sharedthe animalAlaska ownership;Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act;

and relating to the sharing and sale of 02 rawmilk, milk products, raw milk, and raw milk products." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:

04 * SectionSec. 1.

AS1. 17.20 is amended by adding a new section to read:

AS 17.20.005 is amended to read:

17.20.005.

Powers and duties of commissioner.

To carry out the 06 requirements of this chapter, the commissioner may issue orders, regulations, permits, 07 quarantines, and embargoes relating to 08 (1) food offered to the public or sold, including 09 (A) inspection of meat, fish, poultry, and other food products;

10 (B) standards of sanitation and handling methods for all phases 11 of slaughtering, processing, storing, transporting, displaying, and selling;

12 (C) labeling;

and 13 (D) the training, testing, and certification requirements for 14 individuals who handle or prepare food, their supervisors, and their employers to ensure their knowledge of food safety and sanitation principles and 02 requirements;

03 (2) control and eradication of pests;

04 (3) enforcement of hazard analysis critical control point programs for 05 seafood processing that are developed in cooperation with appropriate industry 06 representatives or, to the extent not inconsistent with this chapter or regulations 07 adopted under the authority of this chapter, that are established by regulations of the 08 United States Food and Drug Administration as they may periodically be revised;

09 (4) labeling, subject to AS 17.20.013 and 17.20.015, and grading of 10 milk and milk products and standards of sanitation for dairies offering to the public or 11 selling milk or milk products to at least the minimum of current recommendations of 12 the United States Public Health Service pasteurized milk ordinance as it may 13 periodically be revised, subject to AS 17.20.015;

14 (5) standards and conditions for the operation and siting of aquatic 15 farms and related hatcheries, including 16 (A) restrictions on the use of chemicals;

and 17 (B) requirements to protect the public from contaminated 18 aquatic farm products that pose a risk to health;

19 (6) monitoring aquatic farms and aquatic farm products to ensure 20 compliance with this chapter and, to the extent not inconsistent with this chapter or 21 regulations adopted under the authority of this chapter, with the requirements of the 22 national shellfish sanitation program manual of operations published by the United 23 States Food and Drug Administration as it may periodically be revised;

24 (7) tests and analyses that may be made and hearings that may be held 25 to determine whether the commissioner will issue a stop order or quarantine;

26 (8) transportation of, use of, disposal of, recalls of, or warnings 27 concerning quarantined or embargoed items;

28 (9) cooperation with federal and other state agencies.

29 * Sec.

2.

AS 17.20 is amended by adding a new section to read:

30 Sec.

SharedSale ownership of milk-producingraw animals;milk products.

(a) A person that complies with 31 any state requirements for the sale of raw milk.milk that do not conflict with this section may sell a raw milk product to a final consumer if the principal display panel on the 02 raw milk product prominently states that the raw milk product is not pasteurized and 03 may cause health concerns.

0604 (a)(b) AnThis individualsection whodoes hasnot anapply ownershipto interest in a milk-producingsale animalthat mayis paygoverned 07by orfederal reimburselaw. another individual owner of the animal the costs incurred to 08 (1) board, milk, and care for the animal;

and05 09(c) (2)In sharethis rawsection, milk06 and(1) raw"raw milkmilk" productsmeans produced from the milk withthat 10is othernot ownerspasteurized; of the animal.

1107 (b)(2) A"raw partmilk ownerproduct" ofmeans a shared milk-producing animal may share raw milk or a 12 raw milk product producedor frombyproduct the milk of the08 animalraw onlymilk. 13 (1) with another owner of the animal;

1409 (2)* ifSec. the raw milk or raw milk product is produced exclusively by the owners of the animal;

and3. 02 (3) if the raw milk or raw milk product is provided directly from one 03 owner to another owner.

04AS (c)17.20 Ais personamended mayby notadding sella rawnew milksection orto aarticle raw7 milkto product.read:

0510 (d)Sec. The department may not restrict or impose a requirement on the sharing or 06 transfer of raw milk or a raw milk product between the owners of a milk-producing 07 animal that is in addition to the provisions of this section.

0817.20.335. (e) In this section, 09 (1) "raw milk" means milk that is not pasteurized;

10Exemptions. (2) "raw milk product" means raw milk or a product or byproduct of 11 raw milk.

(a) Except as otherwise provided under this 11 section, the licensing, permitting, certification, packaging, and inspection requirements 12 under this chapter or regulations adopted under this chapter do not apply to a food 13 product that 14 (1) is sold directly by the producer to the end consumer;

15 (2) is only for home consumption;