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Saturday, November 5, 2011

Proposed Changes to Food Premises Regulation

The provincial government proposing some changes to the way food sales are licensed.

According to health minister Madeleine Dubé, the provincial government has heard a lot of feedback saying that licensing and inspection requirements are too demanding. Community suppers, ice cream stands, and people who sell homemade food, currently have to have a  license issued by the province.

The proposed amendments would mean that not-for-profit fundraisers wouldn't have to have a license. It would also provide an exemption for single-day events, like church suppers. A draft of the proposal will be posted online at the GNB website: there, people can comment on it before the regulation becomes law.