Farmer's Markets and government approved recipes

[Henry]

Just last year NH passed laws licensing and regulating food prepared in home noncommerical kitchens for sale at farmer's markets and the like. In reading the law I see that not only do you know have to pay yearly between $25-$500 depending upon your setup, but the recipes you use will first need to be approved by the government. If they don't like your recipes, then you must provide all ingredient and processes, record the pH levels of EVERY BATCH you prepare, and submit periodic reports to regulatory authorities. Your kitchen also needs examined by the state, by the way it seems. Who is passing this stuff? Have the bad guys really already taken over Concord? We were just looking at selling some tamales at the farmer's market. Now I need Fed approval (the Dept. of Agri-funded "National Center for Home Food Preservation" approves of denies your recipes).

http://gencourt.state.nh.us/rules/he-p2300.html

homesteads producing foods listed in He-P 2330.04(b) that do not use recipes approved by the National Center for Home Food Preservation shall comply with the following:
        (a)  A scheduled process review shall be conducted by a food processing authority on each product prior to its being produced by the license holder. If the food processing authority declares in writing that there are no biological concerns with the food after evaluating the scheduled process, the food shall be allowed to be produced;
         (b)  In order for the review required under (a) above to be conducted, the following shall be submitted to the food processing authority:
(1)  Recipe(s) with all the ingredients and quantities listed;
(2)  Processing times and procedures; and
(3)  Sample(s) of prepared and processed product as ready for sale and distribution;
          (c)  The natural pH and finished equilibrium pH shall be recorded for each batch of product produced;
          (d)  License holders shall keep records of all pHs on file and available for review by the regulatory authority upon request;
          (e)  Another scheduled process review shall be conducted for a product that has been previously tested if the ingredients are altered or the process changes;
          (f)  License applicants shall submit scheduled process reviews with license applications pursuant to He-P 2302.03; and
          (g)  License holders shall keep all scheduled process review information on file and available for review by the regulatory authority upon request.

[error]

The bureaucrats have long since taken over.