David Crabill

I’ve heard that St. Louis restricts cottage food businesses to only selling out of the home. I don’t believe any other town or city in MO restricts cottage food businesses in that way. So it’s a major issue, for sure. You should try talking to the health dept to confirm this. As far as the city business license is concerned, I’m sure that they…[Read more]

I’m not aware of any restrictions on either, though it would be possible for a county to add restrictions on pickup due to zoning laws.

Thanks for letting us know!

As far as I know, the rules for Hawaii haven’t changed recently. The reason many states don’t allow canned foods is due to botulism concerns, which could potentially be deadly. Canned foods, when properly prepared, are perfectly safe, but their concern is that a home cook might not properly prepare them. I’m not saying that I agree with the…[Read more]

Someone would need to use a commercial kitchen to legally sell those in WI, but it’s exceedingly common for people not to. If you’re wondering how to deal with that seller, this is what I usually suggest: https://forrager.com/faq/#illegal

The lawsuit exemption only covers baked goods. The pickle bill only covers canned goods. Most states have some kind of exemption for selling honey, but that might not apply to flavored honey. I’d recommend contacting the ag dept about that. As for vanilla, you’ll likely need to produce that in a commercial kitchen in order to sell it legally.

Yes, Florida is one of the only states I know of that has a special exemption for boiled peanuts. Must be a big thing down there! :)

LA’s law is one of the most ambiguous, but yes that all sounds about right. It’s not really clear whether you can also deliver certain items, from what I’ve read.

Yes, I just made a change to the law pages a few days ago, which will encourage people to use the forums instead of leaving comments on the law pages. So I expect the forums to get more active over the next few months.