Kenduskeag to vote on ridding food inspections for small producers

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • October 27, 2021

Kenduskeag residents will decide next week whether to allow farmers and other small-scale food producers to bypass food inspection requirements so they can more easily sell their goods directly to customers. The Penobscot County town would join a number of Maine towns that have also passed rules eschewing state food safety rules to promote local agriculture as part of a growing food sovereignty movement in the state. Under a 2017 law, local governments can regulate small food producers who sell directly to customers.