Honey certification – my husband is a beekeeper and we sell our honey to family and friends in jars and all but when we go to markets they tell us that we have to get our honey certified to be able to sell at stores. I’ve been trying to contact people but everyone seems to be unaware of the requirements they keep giving me different numbers or transferring but I’m getting nowhere. Sounds like I got tho the right place here, Is this cottage law something for us? I don’t read much about home inspection though. We are trying to rent a warehouse but don’t know the requirements for inspection will be either so we should go ahead and get it. Please help!
Yes, you should be able to use the cottage food law and you would need to get a simple inspection to sell at stores. Contact your environmental health dept to learn about the process in your area to get a class B cottage food permit.
Is it home inspection? Or warehouse inspection? What is the inspection process ? I’m calling everyone and no one seems to know… They seem to pass the ball.
Your health dept should be inspecting the facilities where you are making your product. Usually this is your home kitchen and they may require that it be only your home kitchen. Technically, the law is written in such a way that requires all processing to take place in the home kitchen. The inspection is usually pretty easy… just try getting your class B permit and eventually they will require an inspection, and then you can ask what the inspector will be looking for in your county (it’s different in each county).
It’s confusing because as I read restrictions or limitations it says you can’t be cooking or handling while doing any house duties or have children around etc that’s why we were planning on renting a small warehouse to extract the honey and put it in jars and store and all my kitchen wouldn’t be big enough for that? Please help
Once the home kitchen isn’t sufficient for your business’ needs, that’s the point where you would move beyond the cottage food laws and become a commercial food processor like most of the honey producers in the state. Usually you’d contact the health dept about that, but maybe the ag dept manages honey production.
Honey certification – my husband is a beekeeper and we sell our honey to family and friends in jars and all but when we go to markets they tell us that we have to get our honey certified to be able to sell at stores. I’ve been trying to contact people but everyone seems to be unaware of the requirements they keep giving me different numbers or transferring but I’m getting nowhere. Sounds like I got tho the right place here, Is this cottage law something for us? I don’t read much about home inspection though. We are trying to rent a warehouse but don’t know the requirements for inspection will be either so we should go ahead and get it. Please help!
Yes, you should be able to use the cottage food law and you would need to get a simple inspection to sell at stores. Contact your environmental health dept to learn about the process in your area to get a class B cottage food permit.
Is it home inspection? Or warehouse inspection? What is the inspection process ? I’m calling everyone and no one seems to know… They seem to pass the ball.
Your health dept should be inspecting the facilities where you are making your product. Usually this is your home kitchen and they may require that it be only your home kitchen. Technically, the law is written in such a way that requires all processing to take place in the home kitchen. The inspection is usually pretty easy… just try getting your class B permit and eventually they will require an inspection, and then you can ask what the inspector will be looking for in your county (it’s different in each county).
It’s confusing because as I read restrictions or limitations it says you can’t be cooking or handling while doing any house duties or have children around etc that’s why we were planning on renting a small warehouse to extract the honey and put it in jars and store and all my kitchen wouldn’t be big enough for that? Please help
Once the home kitchen isn’t sufficient for your business’ needs, that’s the point where you would move beyond the cottage food laws and become a commercial food processor like most of the honey producers in the state. Usually you’d contact the health dept about that, but maybe the ag dept manages honey production.