Adds to existing law to provide that certain cottage food operations may sell TCS foods.

LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Sixty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2026 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 526 BY HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE AN ACT1 RELATING TO COTTAGE FOOD OPERATIONS; AMENDING CHAPTER 16, TITLE 39, IDAHO2 CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 39-1608, IDAHO CODE, TO ESTABLISH3 PROVISIONS REGARDING COTTAGE FOOD OPERATIONS; AND DECLARING AN EMER-4 GENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.5

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:6

SECTION 1. That Chapter 16, Title 39, Idaho Code, be, and the same is7 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-8 ignated as Section 39-1608, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:9 39-1608. COTTAGE FOOD OPERATIONS. Notwithstanding any provision of10 law to the contrary, a cottage food operation making sales that do not exceed11 five thousand dollars ($5,000) in cumulative gross receipts in the current12 or previous calendar year may sell time/temperature control for safety foods13 directly to a consumer.14

SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby15 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after16 July 1, 2026.17