Proposed Changes To The Texas Cottage Food Bill Kills Trees

Link: http://www.ignoranceorapathy.com/main.php/2012/02/01/rules_changes_cottage_food_law

© ignoranceorapathy.com 2/2/2012

Here is it in plain photograph.
In order for home bakers to comply with the proposed rule changes by the DSHS, this is what your average cupcake will now look like.

I have said all along, the label will be bigger than the cupcake, and I was right.

These rule changes by the bureaucrats, against the will and intent of the elected legislature, will kill trees. Millions of them by the look of this.

Credit where credit is due. I stole this photo from
TexasBakersBill

To illustrate the point of what these tyrants are trying to do to a just and legal piece of legislation who’s intent was to make start up business more attractive to entrepreneurs.
But it appears the goal of the unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats at DSHS is to protect the special interest of commercial food operations and harass micro business into extinction.

Follow up:

Here is the text regarding label requirements for a cottage food operation:

Sec. 437.0193. LABELING REQUIREMENTS FOR COTTAGE FOOD
PRODUCTION OPERATIONS. The executive commissioner shall adopt
rules requiring a cottage food production operation to label all of
the foods described in Section 437.001(2-b)(A) that the operation
sells to consumers. The label must include the name and address of
the cottage food production operation and a statement that the food
is not inspected by the department or a local health department.

http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/html/SB00081F.htm

This was the will and intent of the legislature and the Governor of the Great State of Texas.

Now come the bureaucrats.
Proposed changes to the law:

All foods prepared by a cottage food production operation must be labeled.
(1) The label information shall include:
(A) the name and physical address of the cottage food production operation;
(B) the common or usual name of the product and an adequately descriptive statement of identity;
(C) if made from two or more ingredients, a list of ingredients in descending order of predominance by net weight, including a declaration of artificial color or flavor and chemical preservatives, if contained in the food;
(D) an accurate declaration of the net quantity of contents including metric measurements;
(E) allergen labeling in compliance with the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004, Pub. L. No. 108-282, Title II, 118. Stat. 905; and
(F) the following statement: "Made in home kitchen, food is not inspected by the Department of State Health Services or a local health department" in at least the equivalent of 11-point font and in a color that provides a clear contrast to the background.
(2) Labels must be clearly legible and printed with durable, permanent ink.
(A) Ingredient statements shall be at 1/16 of an inch or larger.
(B) Ingredients shall include components of the ingredients.
(C) Net quantity of contents shall be separated from other text on the label and must be located in the bottom third of the label.

http://www.texascottagefoodlaw.com/

If this type of blatant discrimination against micro business / home business is allowed to stand, especially by a bunch of bureaucrats who are accountable to NO ONE.
Then I want to see this same label on every hamburger, fries and drink served, every plate a waitress brings to the table, every box of doughnuts and every single hot dog purchased by anyone, anywhere in the state! I want this same rule to apply to any food prepared in any kitchen and sold by anyone.

This label is only required for home bakers that are trying to comply with the new Cottage Food Law. These requirements do not apply to restaurants, coffee shops, doughnut shops or any of the rest of the big business food service establishments.

This is Texas not the Soviet Socialist Republic of California.
(no trees were harmed in the posting of this article)

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