Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 328 of chapter 94 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1986 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "served", in line 16, the words:- ; provided, however, that no fee shall be charged for any such permit issued to such corporation.

SECTION 2. Said section 328 of said chapter 94, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding the following paragraph:-

The preparation of food in private homes for donation to a nonprofit corporation for distribution or serving by such corporation without charge or at a charge sufficient to cover the cost of handling such food shall not be subject to licensure or regulation. The department of public health shall provide advisory guidelines and interpretations for the safe and sanitary preparation of such food.