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    Suzanne Smack posted an update 10 years, 7 months ago

    I want to produce a canned bbq sauce which uses commercial ketchup, mustard, vinegar and brown sugar. Do I need to utilize a commercial kitchen, since the tomato ketchup is already a canned product.

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      David Crabill replied 10 years, 7 months ago

      If you cannot use the cottage food law, then yes, you would need to use a commercial kitchen. It doesn’t matter that all of your ingredients are commercially produced, because once you open them and combine them, you are processing them again. However, I have seen some counties in CA allow BBQ sauce as a cottage food. You need to call your environmental health dept to check, but just FYI, Riverside isn’t known for being the most cottage food friendly county.