Rules Governing the Idaho Preferred® Promotion Program
IDAPA 02.01.04
Some of the product qualifications in the voluntary Idaho Preferred® program need to be revised. New product qualifications need to be created for bottled water and craft beer. Modifications will also be examined for other products including beef, game meat and apicultural products.
Wine has its own product qualifications, but bottled water and craft beer fall under the “processed food and beverage” definition that says that foods and beverages shall contain a minimum of twenty percent (20%) agricultural content by weight that has been grown or raised in Idaho and shall be processed in the state of Idaho. It is not possible to measure malt or hops content by weight in the final product. And it is not clear how to measure the agricultural content of bottled water.
Game meat currently reads that only domestic elk products are eligible to participate in the program, but yet domestic cervidae includes fallow deer and reindeer. There are also inconsistencies in the meat products definitions that need to be revisited as well.
Documents
Administrative Rules Request Form – Idaho Preferred – draft approval
Notice of Negotiated Rulemaking – Idaho Preferred
Idaho Preferred Rules DRAFT text
Idaho Preferred Rules DRAFT text V02
Idaho Preferred Rules DRAFT text V03
Idaho Preferred Rules DRAFT text V04
Idaho Preferred Rules DRAFT text V05
Idaho Preferred Rule Text Submitted to DFM
Administrative Rules Request Form – Idaho Preferred – approved
Notice of Pending Rule – Idaho Preferred
Meeting was held May 21, 2019
Meeting Attendees – Idaho Preferred
Comments Received
Email from CS Beef, May 7, 2019
Emails from Agribeef, May 10, 2019
Email from Black Pine Deer Farm, May 17, 2019
Email from Jeremy Pisca, May 21, 2019
Email from Sheila Francis, May 21, 2019
Questions about the rulemaking process may be directed here.