Tara Stolz

Food freedom is an important one, especially in a state whose motto is "Live free or die." Unfortunately, NH has not been as free in this as I feel they should be. Protecting the public from known dangers is important. Protecting citizens from dangers that have been shown to be negligible in other states is restrictive and unnecessary. The Institute for Justice investigated the consequences of very liberal food freedom acts in seven different states and, in all of the states combined, there was only one instance where illness was suspected but not confirmed and the cases (two individuals) were mild. That's a decade of potentially hazardous food in multiple states being prepared with virtually no adverse consequences. I hope to see NH more toward more food freedom, and this bill is a good start.