A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 44-1-143, RELATING TO REQUIREMENTS FOR HOME-BASED FOOD PRODUCTION OPERATIONS, SO AS TO ALLOW THE USE OF EGGS from chickens kept at the individual's dwelling or from a roadside stand.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1.   Section 44-1-143(H) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

   (H) [Deleted] In preparing a nonpotentially hazardous food for sale in which eggs are an ingredient, a home-based food production operation may use eggs collected from chickens kept at the individual's dwelling or purchased from a roadside stand near the farm at which the eggs were produced.

SECTION 2.   This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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