Carla Reed

As long as your products contain at least 75% of your own honey, you can directly sell your honey from your home, at farmers markets, farm auctions, or government festivals within Ohio. All sales must be made in-person, and no license from the ag dept is needed. For fewer restrictions, you should contact the ag dept about becoming licensed as a…[Read more]

Since this is beyond the scope of the cottage food laws, I’m simply not familiar with the rules for this. You should contact your health dept for more info.

It depends on the frosting. Basic frostings without dairy products should be allowed at farmers markets. To sell at specialty stores, I believe you need to produce the frostings in a commercial kitchen. For anything other than basic frosting, you need to call the ag dept at 800-282-1955 ext 4366 for more info about what’s allowed.…[Read more]

If you add the butter and then thoroughly bake the croutons, that would definitely be allowed. If you are adding the butter after baking, it would still likely be allowed, but you should check with the ag dept.

Yes, usually handwritten labels are allowed as long as they’re legible.

No matter how small your business, you still need to go through all of the proper licensing procedures. If you can operate under the cottage food law, you wouldn’t need a permit from the ag dept, but you may need other permits. http://forrager.com/faq/#starting

Chocolate should be allowed under Ohio’s cottage food law. The only thing that could…[Read more]

No — drinks are not allowed under the cottage food laws. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial

Commercial food processing laws are fairly complicated and often county-specific. You should direct your questions to your local health dept. Once you get your business setup, you will be able to sell in most places with relatively few restrictions.

You don’t need it in the lease agreement (unless your landlord requires that), but it’s really a moot point since you can’t sell homemade vegan burgers anyway.

I really don’t know. This is a very county-specific determination. Sometimes it’s as simple as a written note signed by your landlord. Start by asking the ag dept about it.

With the exception of some types of baked goods, anything that requires refrigeration cannot be made in a home kitchen and sold. Therefore, almost all types of vegan burgers would not be allowed. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial

You need your landlord’s permission before you can run a business from their property.