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NH Rev Stat § 425:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 425 - The Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food|Section 425:22 - Advisory Board Established.

    425:22 Advisory Board Established. –||I. There shall be a board advisory to the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food which shall consist of the following 15 members:||(a) Ten members, one from each county, actively engaged in agriculture.||(b) One member who shall represent the petroleum industry.||(c) One member who shall represent the food distribution industry.||(d) One member who shall represent the food retailing industry.||(e) One member who shall represent consumer interests.||(f) One member who shall represent the advertising industry.||II. The term of office of members of the board shall be 5 years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term only. However, beginning July 1, 2001, the terms of 2 members representing agriculture as provided in subparagraph I(a) and one member representing the industry interests as provided in subparagraphs I(b)-(f) shall expire each year. Initial terms for members representing agriculture shall expire in the year as follows: Belknap and Sullivan counties, 2002; Carroll and Strafford counties, 2003; Cheshire and Rockingham counties, 2004; Coos and Merrimack counties, 2005; and Grafton and Hillsborough counties, 2006. Initial terms for members representing industry interests shall expire in the year as follows: petroleum, 2002; food retailing, 2003; advertising, 2004; food distribution, 2005; and consumer, 2006. No board member shall be eligible for successive reappointment after 2004. Appointments to the board shall be made by the governor with the advice and consent of the council on the basis of extensive experience and demonstrated ability and on a nonpartisan basis.||III. The governor shall annually designate a chairperson from among the membership. No member shall serve as chairperson more than 3 years.||IV. Members of the board shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to receive mileage and expenses when in performance of the duties required under this subdivision.||V. A member who has 2 unexcused absences from meetings of the board shall be automatically dropped from the board, and a new member shall be appointed before the next meeting.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 130:3. 2000, 72:1, eff. June 20, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 425:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 425 - The Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food|Section 425:23 - Advisory Board; Duties.

    425:23 Advisory Board;  Duties. –||The board shall consult with and advise the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food with respect to the policies, programs, and operations of the department on a continuing basis and for such purposes shall meet with the commissioner not less than semi-annually at the call of the chairperson or 3 board members. The board shall designate and advertise at least one meeting annually as a public hearing at which interested persons may appear and be heard regarding matters affecting agriculture, markets, and food and related laws. The board shall review and make biennial recommendations relative to administrative, legal, and regulatory factors affecting the viability of the agricultural economy. The board shall promote close coordination of the activities of the department with activities of the United States Department of Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies; the University of New Hampshire, including cooperative extension work; other state agencies; and farm organizations of the state. Upon expiration of the term of office of the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food, or upon the occurrence of a vacancy in such office, it shall be the duty of the board to submit advisory recommendations to the governor and council concerning such new appointment or the filling of such vacancy.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 130:3, eff. July 23, 1995. 2007, 81:1, eff. Aug. 10, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 425:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 425 - The Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food|Section 425:24 - Repealed by 1995, 130:9, VI, eff. July 23, 1995.

    425:24 Repealed by 1995, 130:9, VI, eff. July 23, 1995. –|
NH Rev Stat § 425:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 425 - The Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food|Section 425:25 - Agriculture in the Classroom Committee.

    425:25 Agriculture in the Classroom Committee. –||I. There is hereby established an agriculture in the classroom committee, which shall include but not be limited to the following members: the director of the university of New Hampshire cooperative extension, or designee; the state commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food, or designee; the commissioner of the department of education, or designee; the dean of the college of life sciences and agriculture at the university of New Hampshire at Durham, or designee; and one representative from each of the following, appointed by the governor: New Hampshire Fruit Growers Association, Granite State Dairy Promotion, New Hampshire Plant Growers Association, New Hampshire Beekeepers' Association, New Hampshire Maple Producers' Association, New Hampshire Farm Bureau Federation, Granite State FFA Association, New Hampshire Christmas Tree Promotion Board, New Hampshire Farmers' Market Association, and the New Hampshire Horse Council. The committee shall elect a chairperson from its members. The members of the committee shall serve without compensation, but the appointees shall be entitled to expenses, including traveling expenses, necessarily incurred in the discharge of their duties. It may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, necessary for the execution of its functions under this subdivision and shall keep a record of its official actions.||II. The agriculture in the classroom committee shall:||(a) Determine the objectives and programs of agriculture in the classroom.||(b) Develop details and directions of the agriculture in the classroom programs.||(c) Apply for, receive, and expend any funds from federal, state, or non-state sources, including grants and matching funds which may be available and accept private donations and gifts from any source for the purpose of administering agriculture in the classroom programs.||(d) Direct fundraising and spending for agriculture in the classroom programs.||(e) Hire and oversee an education director when funding allows.|||Source. 2009, 115:1, eff. Aug. 21, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 425:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 425 - The Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food|Section 425:26 - Repealed by 2012, 250:2, eff. Nov. 2, 2012.

    425:26 Repealed by 2012, 250:2, eff. Nov. 2, 2012. –|
NH Rev Stat § 426:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 426 - Standards for Farm Products|Section 426:1 - Official Grades and Standards.

    426:1 Official Grades and Standards. –||The commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food, whenever, in the commissioner's opinion, the public good so requires, may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, establishing official grades and standards for farm products which are produced within the state for purposes of sale.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 130:5. 1997, 104:1, eff. June 9, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 426:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 426 - Standards for Farm Products|Section 426:2 - Brands and Labels.

    426:2 Brands and Labels. –||When such grades and standards are so established, the commissioner may determine the design of brands or labels for identifying such farm products, may cause said brands or labels to be printed and may authorize their use upon written application and payment of reasonable compensation therefor. Whenever upon investigation it shall appear that such brands or labels have been misused, the commissioner may revoke or suspend said authorization.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 426:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 426 - Standards for Farm Products|Section 426:3 - Publication.

    426:3 Publication. –||The establishment of such grades and standards and the determination of the design for such brands or labels shall not be effective until reasonable notice by publication has been given. The commissioner may distribute information relative to such grades, standards, brands and labels.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 426:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 426 - Standards for Farm Products|Section 426:4 - Use of Brands and Labels Restricted.

    426:4 Use of Brands and Labels Restricted. –||After the establishment of grades and standards and the determination of the design of the brands or labels as provided in this chapter, it shall be unlawful to use such brand or label to identify farm products as being of an established grade or standard without authorization for its use, or after the revocation of the right to use such brand or label by the commissioner. For the purpose of further protecting the grades as officially established by the commissioner, or any grades established under an act of Congress by the United States Department of Agriculture on the same products, it shall be unlawful to use the officially designated grade words, titles, or names for the purpose of identifying, advertising, designating, or describing any lots of such products unless such designated grade words, titles, or names for the purpose of identifying, advertising, designating, or describing any lots of such products unless such products fully meet the requirements of the official grade indicated. When, in the opinion of the commissioner or the commissioner's representative, it is believed that any lot or lots of such products so identified, advertised, designated, or described may not be of the grade indicated, the commissioner shall cause inspections of such products to be made for the purpose of determining the actual grade.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1997, 104:2, eff. June 9, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 426:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 426 - Standards for Farm Products|Section 426:5 - Use of Words "Native," "Local," and "Our Own."

    426:5 Use of Words "Native," "Local," and "Our Own." –||I. No farm products sold, offered, or exposed for sale or distribution in the state shall be advertised, labeled, or described as "native" unless they were grown or produced in the state of New Hampshire.||II. It shall be unlawful to advertise, label, or describe farm products sold, offered, or exposed for sale or distribution in this state in terms that are false, deceptive, or misleading as to the place of origin of the farm products. The term "our own" is deceptive when used to describe farm products unless they were grown or produced by the operator of the retail location. The terms "local," "locally grown," or "locally produced" are deceptive when used to describe farm products unless they were grown or produced within the state of New Hampshire.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1997, 104:3, eff. June 9, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 426:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 426 - Standards for Farm Products|Section 426:6 - Definition.

    426:6 Definition. –||In this chapter, "organic" means an agricultural plant, animal, food, or fiber commodity produced in accordance with the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, Public Law 101-624 , and the United States Department of Agriculture's National Organic Program, Final Rule, 7 CFR part 205.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1986, 20:1, eff. June 17, 1986. 2002, 38:1, eff. April 19, 2002.|
NH Rev Stat § 426:6-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 426 - Standards for Farm Products|Section 426:6-a - Labeling and Advertising.

    426:6-a Labeling and Advertising. –||An agricultural plant, animal, food, or fiber commodity shall not be sold or labeled as organic unless it meets the requirements set forth in the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, Public Law 101-624 , and the United States Department of Agriculture's National Organic Program, Final Rule, 7 CFR part 205.|||Source. 1986, 20:1, eff. June 17, 1986. 2002, 38:2, eff. April 19, 2002.|
NH Rev Stat § 426:6-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 426 - Standards for Farm Products|Section 426:6-b - Certification.

    426:6-b Certification. –||I. Any producer, processor, on-farm processor or handler of agricultural plant, animal, food, or fiber commodities that are sold, labeled, or represented as "100 percent organic," "organic," "made with organic," or similar terms, shall be enrolled in a certification program which includes an inspection made no less than annually, by a certifying agency accredited by the United States Department of Agriculture in accordance with the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, Public Law 101-624, and the United States Department of Agriculture's National Organic Program, Final Rule, 7 CFR part 205, unless such producer, processor, or handler is exempted therein.||II. The commissioner may enter into a cooperative agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture to become an accredited certifying agency as provided for by the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, Public Law 101-624, and the United States Department of Agriculture's National Organic Program, Final Rule, 7 CFR part 205, and to implement the provisions thereof.||III. The commissioner may employ inspectors to certify agricultural producers, processors, on-farm processors and handlers in this state, and to determine whether or not agricultural plant, animal, food, or fiber commodities are marked, branded, or labeled in accordance with the labeling requirements set forth in this chapter and in the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, Public Law 101-624, and the United States Department of Agriculture's National Organic Program, Final Rule, 7 CFR part 205.||IV, V. [Repealed.]||VI. For purposes of this chapter "on-farm processor" means a processor who uses products grown or raised on his or her own farm.|||Source. 1986, 20:1, eff. June 17, 1986. 2002, 38:3, eff. April 19, 2002. 2003, 177:1, 2, eff. Aug. 22, 2003; 177:5, 7, eff. July 1, 2007. 2013, 136:3, eff. June 27, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 426:6-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 426 - Standards for Farm Products|Section 426:6-c - Regulatory Services Promotional Products Fund.

    426:6-c Regulatory Services Promotional Products Fund. –||There is established a separate, nonlapsing fund to be known as the regulatory services promotional products fund. The fund shall be continually appropriated to the commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets and food for the purpose of administering specialty agricultural programs and providing promotional products to program participants.|||Source. 2019, 134:24, eff. June 25, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 426:6-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 426 - Standards for Farm Products|Section 426:6-d - Organic Processors-Handlers Certification Fund.

    426:6-d Organic Processors-Handlers Certification Fund. –||There is established a separate, nonlapsing fund to be known as the organic processors-handlers certification fund. The fund shall be continually appropriated to the commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets and food for the purpose of administering the certification program for organic processors and handlers. Certification and inspection fees paid under RSA 426:8-a shall be deposited in the fund.|||Source. 2019, 134:24, eff. June 25, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 426:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 426 - Standards for Farm Products|Section 426:7 - Inspections.

    426:7 Inspections. –||The commissioner may employ inspectors to inspect farm products, marked, branded or labeled in accordance with official grades or standards so established, for the purpose of determining and certifying the quality and condition thereof and other material facts relative thereto. Upon such investigation, the inspector may issue a certificate which shall state the date and place of inspection, the grade, condition and quality of the farm products inspected and such other facts as the commissioner may require. Such a certificate and all federal certificates relative to the condition or quality of said farm products shall be prima facie evidence in all courts of the state of the facts set forth in such certificates.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 426:7-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 426 - Standards for Farm Products|Section 426:7-a - Stop Sale, Use or Removal Orders.

    426:7-a Stop Sale, Use or Removal Orders. –||When the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized agent has reasonable cause to believe farm products advertised as "native," "local," "locally grown," "our own," or "locally produced" are being distributed in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or of any of the rules adopted under this chapter, the commissioner or agent may issue and serve a written "stop sale, use or removal" order upon the owner or custodian of any such farm products. The farm products shall not be sold, used or removed until the provisions of this chapter have been complied with and the farm products have been released by the commissioner or the violation has been otherwise disposed of as provided in this chapter by a court of competent jurisdiction.|||Source. 1985, 34:3. 1997, 104:4, eff. June 9, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 426:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 426 - Standards for Farm Products|Section 426:8 - Rulemaking; Fees.

    426:8 Rulemaking;  Fees. –||The commissioner may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, for carrying out the provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985. 2002, 38:4, eff. April 19, 2002. 2003, 177:3, eff. Aug. 22, 2003; 177:6, eff. July 1, 2007. 2013, 136:4, eff. June 27, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 426:8-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 426 - Standards for Farm Products|Section 426:8-a - Organic Processors and Handlers; Fees.

    426:8-a Organic Processors and Handlers;  Fees. –||I. Each applicant under RSA 426:6-b shall pay a certification fee as follows:||(a) Processors and handlers which are not on-farm processors shall pay:||(1) A $250 fee for the primary facility; and||(2) A $100 fee for each additional processing or handling facility.||(b) On-farm processors shall pay a $50 fee.||II. Each applicant for organic processor, handler, or on-farm processor certification shall pay an inspection fee calculated by the department as follows:||(a) A rate of $35 per hour of inspection time, including travel time, by the department's inspectors; and||(b) Travel expenses to and from the applicant's facility at a rate of $0. 55 per mile.||(c) The inspection fee shall be calculated after the inspection visit is completed and a subsequent inspection report has been filed with the department.||(d) The inspection fee shall be payable within 30 days of the billing date.||III. Such fees shall be credited to the organic processors-handlers certification fund established in RSA 426:6-d.|||Source. 2013, 136:5, eff. June 27, 2013. 2019, 134:25, eff. June 25, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 426:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 426 - Standards for Farm Products|Section 426:9 - Free Access.

    426:9 Free Access. –||The commissioner, deputy commissioner, inspectors, or authorized assistants shall have free access at all reasonable times to any building or other place where farm products to which this chapter applies are believed to be held for purposes of sale, and may open any bags, crates, or other containers found therein and examine their contents, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter. Samples may be removed therefrom by tendering to the holder thereof the market price for the samples.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 426:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 426 - Standards for Farm Products|Section 426:10 - Penalties.

    426:10 Penalties. –||I. Any person who, personally or by a servant or agent, violates any provision of this chapter or rule adopted under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. For any subsequent offense, a person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.||II. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted or order issued under this chapter shall, in addition, be liable for a civil forfeiture not to exceed $5,000 for each violation, for each day of a continuing violation, which may be collected in a civil action or in connection with an action for injunctive relief brought by the attorney general.||III. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, or any rule or order of the commissioner, shall be subject to the imposition of an administrative fine levied by the commissioner, not to exceed $1,000 for each violation.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1991, 44:1. 1997, 104:5, eff. June 9, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 426-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 426-A - Produce Safety|Section 426-A:1 - Definitions.

[RSA 426-A:1 repealed by 2018, 323:28, effective June 30, 2026.]|    426-A:1 Definitions. –||I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets, and food.||II. "Department" means the department of agriculture, markets, and food.||III. "Farm" means any farm engaged in the growing, harvesting, packing, or holding of produce pursuant to the Food Safety Modernization Act, 21 C.F.R. Part 112.3.||IV. "Produce" means any produce that is a raw agricultural commodity pursuant to the Food Safety Modernization Act, 21 C.F.R. Part 112.3.||V. "Qualified exemption" means a farm is eligible for a qualified exemption and associated modified requirements in a calendar year pursuant to the Food Safety Modernization Act, 21 C.F.R. Part 112.5.|||Source. 2018, 323:1, eff. June 25, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 426-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 426-A - Produce Safety|Section 426-A:2 - Authority; Enforcement.

[RSA 426-A:2 repealed by 2018, 323:28, effective June 30, 2026.]|    426-A:2 Authority;  Enforcement. –||Subject to sufficient federal funding, the department shall enforce the Food Safety Modernization Act, Public Law 111-353, codified at 21 U.S.C. section 301 et seq., for standards of growing, harvesting, packing, and holding of produce for human consumption, 21 C.F.R. Part 112, as incorporated by reference including any subsequent amendments thereto.|||Source. 2018, 323:1, eff. June 25, 2018.|