David Crabill
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It’s not entirely clear. Ohio specifies on their site that they allow: “chocolate covered pretzels or similar chocolate covered non-perishable items”. An unpunctured and uncut apple is nonperishable, but is it “similar” to a pretzel? They also specify that if something is not explicitly allowed, then it is disallowed. My guess is that if you sell caramel apples without the stick, you’ll be fine. Worst case scenario is someone at the department might tell you to stop someday, but that’s very unlikely. You could try contacting them for clarification, but they might be unsure and just say no.
You can do this with NC’s cottage food law. You are exempt from the requirements of needing to use a commercial kitchen for production. You can use your home kitchen by following the requirements described on this page: https://forrager.com/law/north-carolina
I’m so glad that you’re wanting to help improve the law! Delaware really needs to. Reach out to the Institute for Justice and see if they have any plans or connections. You can contact Jennifer McDonald at jmcdonald@ij.org
You can also read about my own experience: https://forrager.com/behind-the-scenes-of-a-cottage-food-bill/
I’d recommend listening to Episode 6 of the podcast: https://forrager.com/podcast/how-to-improve-your-cottage-food-law-with-erica-smith/
I wasn’t aware that Louisiana has changed their law. Do you have more info about that?
That is correct. You can read the law here: https://law.justia.com/codes/louisiana/revised-statutes/title-40/rs-40-4-9/
If it passes it would be positive. It wouldn’t change anything about the existing law, but would give another avenue for people to sell with less red tape, and also a way to sell acidified and fermented foods.
https://forrager.com/bill/new-york-a5836/Any frosting without dairy or eggs would be allowed. You can look into basic icings, vegan frostings, or purchased shelf-stable frostings.
You can use commercially-produced oils in your baked goods. The “no oils” category means that you cannot sell oils (like infused oils) to consumers.
