Public Comments for: HB759 - Food inspections; pickles and acidified vegetables, gross sales.
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Last Name: Rucker Locality: Bluemont

Please vote YES on HB759. The red tape involved in our current home processing exemption AKA "cottage law" is extremely burdensome to entrepreneurs like myself trying to start small businesses to make ends meet for our families. Not being permitted to sell at craft fairs, holiday markets, or by way of in-person local delivery has hindered the success of my business, as local farmer's markets are oversaturated with bakers and are not accepting any other vendors of our specialty, and I live in a rural area where customers are not willing to pick up from. There is no reason why I should not be able to sell homemade pound cakes at a craft show or deliver fresh-baked bread on Saturday mornings to my customers' homes!

Last Name: Futrell Locality: Charlottesville

I am in support of HB 759. 1. The demand for local food continues to grow; passage of HB 759 will better enable producers of pickles and other acidified foods to better meet that demand. 2. Producers operating under the current pickle law have a great track record for safety; not a single case of foodborne illness has been attributed to a sale made under that law. 3. Passage of the bill will increase producer income and expand markets with the allowance of Internet advertising.

Last Name: Buteau Locality: Nelson County

Good morning Homemade pickles are SAFE and this bill needs to pass, as $3000.00 GROSS sales does not produce much profit at all these days. On the CDC National Outbreak Reporting System Dashboard there are ZERO cases of foodborne illness in the whole of the USA from pickles, for the whole of the period of records available online 1971- 2021 ... 40 years. There are therefore no cases of foodborne illness from pickles at all in Virginia also for 40 years from 1971-2021, so NO REASON NOT TO REMOVE THE CAP. CDC STATISTICS tell the true story. Documents attached. See the search filters at top. See box that says current filters for results, with graphs at the bottom. Allowing Gross Sales of $9000.00 is an improvement, but the sales limit should really just be removed! Labelling change makes sense for small items. Please vote yes on this bill as it is. thank you Anne Buteau Nelson County, VA Download all attachments as a zip file VA Pickles stats all causes .jpeg 614kB Whole USA Pickle cdc stats all causes .jpeg 609.9kB

Last Name: Angle Locality: Farmville

Please vote YES to HB759. Demand for local food continues to grow! Those who operate under the current law have a great track record for safety,; not a single case of foodborne illness has been attributed to a sale made under that law. The allowance of Internet marketing will broaden the customer base significantly, and this is the medium customers use. The bill will quite simply allow the producer to increase their market to meet the growing market demand and compensate them appropriately. Please support!

Last Name: Ciske Locality: Culpeper

To support local producers, please vote yes on bill 759.

Last Name: Croes Organization: Virginia Independent Consumers and Farmers Association Locality: Spotsylvania

Dear Agricultural Subcommittee Members, Please support, HB759. Passing this bill forward will enable small scale producers to become a financially viable in today's economy. The current cap amounts to $60.00 in weekly sales, that is not very much. Removing or expanding the dollar amount on the cap would make it worth the effort to make and bring pickles to the market. Please support substitutions that forward that goal. Regarding HB681, please support expanding the amount that people can produce and sell to the end user helps to foster a stronger local food shed. In 2020 grocery shelves were empty. Virginians need to have a back up plan, not everyone has the ability to produce their own food. Building up a secondary food base offers more food security, neighbor to neighbor/local farmer. Make that possible by releasing the burdensome regulatory statutes that hold the small local producer down and move both HB749 and HB681 forward. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Suzi Croes 540-419-6571 VICFA, President

Last Name: Mullin Locality: Louisa County

Please support HB759 and HB681. Both bills help homesteaders and small family farms sell quality homegrown food to people in their community. It is becoming increasingly more difficult for small farms to stay in business since they do not get the subsidies that large agricultural farms qualify for. Our community members want homegrown, homemade foods and are actively seeking out these healthy alternatives. It is critical to our communities that we can legally sell homemade pickles without a cap of $3000. If we have a bumper crop of beautiful organic cucumbers we should be able to sell as many pickles as possible that are made in my kitchen!

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