LibGuides: Food Law : Food Sovereignty, Local & Cottage Food Law: Statistics On Food Law

Cottage & Local Food Law

Cottage Foods - The Policy Surveillance Program. A LawAtlas Project
"This map presents statutes and regulations that address state cottage food laws and food freedom laws in effect as of September 1, 2017. The map identifies who is allowed to sell cottage foods, what types of cottage food sales are allowed, the requirements to establish a cottage food operation, whether cottage food operations are subject to state inspection, whether cottage food operators must disclose that the food product was made in a home-kitchen, and sales limits on cottage food operations."
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About the Policy Surveillance Program

The goal of this program is to increase the use of policy surveillance and legal mapping as tools for improving the nation’s health. More and more, researchers, policy-makers, public health practitioners and the media are recognizing the need for access to reliable information about laws and policies that influence the public’s health.

Legal mapping can help policy-makers, advocates and researchers understand what the laws are on a given topic, know how the laws differ over time and across jurisdictions, and provides data so they may evaluate their impact.

The project is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and administered by the Temple University Beasley School of Law in the Center for Public Health Law Research. To learn more about the Center and the staff who manage this program, visit http://phlr.org.
Local Incentives to Improve Access to Healthy Foods. The Policy Surveillance Program. A LawAtlas Project
"To combat the increasing number of communities with inadequate access to full-service grocery stores, states and counties have begun investing in small food retailers that the communities often heavily rely upon. Small food retail laws introduce incentives such as grants, loans, tax incentives, or technical assistance to increase the quality of food options available in a targeted area.
Laws to increase access to healthier foods exist at every level of government. Legal strategies introduced by local and county-level jurisdictions are more easily responsive to the communities they serve, and can reflect the diverse needs of those communities.
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This map demonstrates key components of local-level small food retail laws in seven cities and counties that intend to stimulate healthier food retail through incentivization in effect as of August 1, 2018."
State Foodborne Illness Reporting Laws
"Each year foodborne illnesses sicken an estimated 48 million people, leading to more than 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. State and local agencies play a critical role in keeping US food safe, and detecting and responding to outbreaks of foodborne illness.
State foodborne illness laws regulate which illnesses need to be reported, the timeframe for reporting, and which agencies must then be informed of the illness and/or outbreak. This map focuses on state laws relating to foodborne illness surveillance and outbreak response, including the reporting requirements for several of the most common foodborne diseases"