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Board of Health advances Kratom regulation draft

Board of Health reviewed and refined draft regulations on Kratom manufacturing and sales ahead of a public hearing. The three-member board unanimously approved the June meeting minutes and worked on draft Regulation Chapter 31 with guidance from Director of Public Health Michael K. Boudreau, with

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Government · Board of Health

Board of Health votes to ban kratom sales in Natick

Board of Health votes unanimously to ban kratom products in Natick. Physicians from Newton-Wellesley Hospital presented clinical data on addiction, withdrawal, and overdose risks before the board agreed to pursue a full ban. Director of Public Health Michael K. Boudreau will draft regulations

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Government · Board of Health

Board approves conditional variance for T-Market live fish evisceration

Natick Board of Health approves conditional variance for T-Market live fish evisceration. The conditional approval, granted unanimously by the board's three members, requires state agency sign-off and weekly monitoring for three months. Assistant Director Jessica Cliff outlined the process used to

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Government · Board of Health

Board of Health approves tobacco permit fee increase

Natick Board of Health votes to increase annual tobacco permit fees. Director Michael K. Boudreau presented data from a survey of Massachusetts communities supporting the increase. The board unanimously voted to set retail tobacco permits at $300 annually and adult retail tobacco permits at $400,

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Government · Board of Health

Board upholds 25-year pump standard, approves restaurant process

Natick Board of Health denies septic pump variance, approves restaurant food process. Chair Karla H. Sangrey and Clerk Donald J. Breda voted unanimously to reject a request from 84 Farwell Street to reduce ejector pump requirements, citing Natick's 25-year dual-pump standard. The board also

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Board of Health suspends Speedway tobacco permit, adopts cesspool rules

Natick Board of Health suspends Speedway tobacco permit, adopts new cesspool regulations. An underage Zyn purchase at Speedway #2435 on December 4 triggered a $1,000 fine and December 8 Cease and Desist Order; the Board voted unanimously to suspend the store's tobacco sales permit for January 20

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