David Crabill

If it’s not baked, you can’t use a home kitchen. You will need to use a commercial kitchen to start your business. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial

Sorry, I don’t know about LA. You just need to call the env health dept and ask them.

This would be beyond the scope of cottage food laws, and I simply don’t know. You should contact your health dept.

Nay. You’ll need a commercial kitchen for that. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial

Did the ag dept tell you that? If not, I’d recommend you call them to confirm. If that’s true, you might need to hire a lab to test your alcohol content.

Oklahoma only allows baked goods under their cottage food law. Therefore, you’d need to use a commercial kitchen to run your business. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial

Cottage food operations would not be able to use a shared kitchen. You might consider asking on a different forum… maybe Cake Central?

I understand that $20K doesn’t sound like much (I had a similar feeling when starting my CFO), but actually, most CFOs are doing very well to do $20K of sales in the first, second, or even third year. When thinking about a business, it’s easy to think about all the potential it has, and the last thing you’d want is for the law to limit you when…[Read more]

I don’t think that’s allowed, but you could call the health dept to see if the exemption for donated baked goods extends to online sales.

There aren’t typically a ton of requirements to start a fruit stand, but San Francisco is a complicated place. I don’t know all of the requirements, but you will have to ask about zoning rules, as well as speak with the ag dept and probably a few other depts. I wouldn’t be surprised it it’s fairly complex to start one there.

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]