Home-made tamale sales are now legal as Hobbs overrules health officials


As of right now, people in Arizona can legally sell — and you can legally buy — home-made tamales.Also home-cooked empanadas, pupusas and a host of what are known as “cottage foods’’ that had been off limits for selling.On Thursday, Gov. Katie Hobbs overruled her own Department of Health Services, ordering the agency to immediately begin enforcing a new law, HB 2402, “as written.’’ The Democratic governor signed the law earlier this year to remove most restrictions on the commercial sale of home-made products.State health officials acknowledge the law took effect on Sept. 14. But they have been refusing to process applications, telling people that can’t happen until they enact a series of rules and regulations. They said that process could take a year — or more.The governor’s action to overrule them came just hours after Capitol Media Services inquired about the legality of the health department refusi …

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