Applicability — Preemption

Ark. Code Ann. § 20-57-507 — under Regulation of Food Generally.

Ark. Code Ann. § 20-57-507

(a) This subchapter does not:(1) Impede the Department of Health in any investigation of foodborne illness;(2) Change the requirements for brand inspection or animal health inspections;(3) Preclude an agency from providing assistance, consultation, or inspection, at the request of the producer;(4) Preclude the production or sale of food items otherwise allowed by law, including without limitation incidental sales of milk that has not been pasteurized under § 20-59-248;(5) Change the regulation of other goods and services where homemade food or drink products are also produced or sold;(6) Exempt producers or sellers of homemade food or drink products from any applicable:(A) Tax law;(B) Fishing or hunting law;(C) Federal law, including any federal law prohibiting the sale of certain food items in interstate commerce; or(D) Another state's laws; or(7) Conflict with the authority of the department to ensure food is not adulterated or misbranded under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, § 20-56-201 et seq.

(1) Impede the Department of Health in any investigation of foodborne illness;

(2) Change the requirements for brand inspection or animal health inspections;

(3) Preclude an agency from providing assistance, consultation, or inspection, at the request of the producer;

(4) Preclude the production or sale of food items otherwise allowed by law, including without limitation incidental sales of milk that has not been pasteurized under § 20-59-248;

(5) Change the regulation of other goods and services where homemade food or drink products are also produced or sold;

(6) Exempt producers or sellers of homemade food or drink products from any applicable:(A) Tax law;(B) Fishing or hunting law;(C) Federal law, including any federal law prohibiting the sale of certain food items in interstate commerce; or(D) Another state's laws; or

(A) Tax law;

(B) Fishing or hunting law;

(C) Federal law, including any federal law prohibiting the sale of certain food items in interstate commerce; or

(D) Another state's laws; or

(7) Conflict with the authority of the department to ensure food is not adulterated or misbranded under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, § 20-56-201 et seq.

(b) This subchapter preempts county, municipal, and other political subdivision jurisdictions from prohibiting and regulating the production and sale of homemade food or drink products.