New Mexico § 25-12-2 Definitions

New Mexico Statutes

§ 25-12-2 — Definitions

New Mexico § 25-12-2

Ch. 25Food

Art. 12Homemade Food

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 25-12-2 (2026).

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As used in the Homemade Food Act: A. "department" means the department of environment; provided that when a class A county and a home rule municipality that have established a combined local health department pursuant to the Joint Powers Agreements Act [11-1-1 to 11-1-7 NMSA 1978] for the purpose of local health regulation, "department" means the combined local health department; B. "homemade food item" means a food item or non-alcoholic beverage that is produced at the private farm, ranch or residence of a processor, including homemade food items that are packaged at the processor's private farm, ranch or residence; C. "label" means a display of written, printed or graphic matter upon the immediate container of any article; D. "not time and temperature control" refers to food items that d

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As used in the Homemade Food Act: A. "department" means the department of environment; provided that when a class A county and a home rule municipality that have established a combined local health department pursuant to the Joint Powers Agreements Act [11-1-1 to 11-1-7 NMSA 1978] for the purpose of local health regulation, "department" means the combined local health department; B. "homemade food item" means a food item or non-alcoholic beverage that is produced at the private farm, ranch or residence of a processor, including homemade food items that are packaged at the processor's private farm, ranch or residence; C. "label" means a display of written, printed or graphic matter upon the immediate container of any article; D. "not time and temperature control" refers to food items that do not require time and temperature control to ensure safety; E. "person" includes an individual, partnership, corporation and association; F. "processor" means a person who produces a homemade food item; G. "seller" means a person who sells a not-time-and-temperature-control homemade food item to a consumer; H. "time and temperature control" means a control requirement for certain foods to ensure safety and limit pathogenic microorganism growth; and I. "to produce" means to prepare a homemade food item by baking, cooking, cutting, dehydrating, drying, fermenting, growing, mixing, preserving, raising or other process designated by the environmental improvement board by rule.