- Introduced -

SB 857 - This act exempts religious, charitable, and nonprofit organizations from food inspection laws if the food is sold at a religious or charitable function.

Section 261.241, RSMo, provides that sellers of jams and jellies are exempt from specified production requirements as long as they do not annually sell more than $30,000 of jams and jellies per domicile. Sellers of jams and jellies are also exempt from all other health standards pursuant to Chapter 196, RSMo, as long as the following requirements are met:

-The jams and jellies must be manufactured in the domicile of the person processing and selling them;

-The jams and jellies must be labeled in legible English with certain information;

-A placard must be displayed in a prominent location stating "This product has not been inspected by the Department; and

-A record of jams and jellies processed and sold must be maintained.

Anyone who violates these provisions may be enjoined from selling jams and jellies by the Department.

This act is similar to SB 82 (2003).

LORIE TOWE