David Crabill
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From what I’ve heard, it’s supposed to be at your home, and pickup only. For what it’s worth, many many CFOs run businesses from their homes across the country, and I’ve never heard of there being a problem. Custom cake makers, especially, have to do things from home because they can’t sell at places like farmers markets. Usually, although the sale takes place at the home, your interaction with the customer will happen beforehand, either online or over the phone.
Although problems on Craigslist are exceedingly rare (and of course, widely publicized on the news), I would argue that problems with cottage food sales are much rarer, and possibly nonexistent. Unlike Craigslist, many of the people buying cottage food items are not looking for something cheap. If you price your product fairly, you will not be able to compete in price with your local supermarket. Therefore, I think CFOs generally deal a sector of society that’s very safe.
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 honey processor.
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.
Although you can’t sell in other states, you may be able to offer free samples at an event in another state. You need to communicate with the ag depts in both states to make sure this is possible. If you’re not going to be selling or giving out food at these events, then you can definitely participate.
It would only work as a commercial kitchen if it’s consistently inspected by the health dept. However, as a CFO, you are not allowed to use a commercial kitchen (or any kitchen other than your home kitchen) for your business.
I think it depends on the county, but your business license will probably be adequate for selling in most other counties (not sure). However, if you sell wholesale outside of your county, the other counties you sell in need to have an agreement with yours. You need to make sure the health depts have spoken with each other and agreed to allow inter-county sales for Class B CFOs.
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.
No, you don’t need a separate bank account if you’re a sole proprietorship. You do need to report your income on yearly taxes, and you may need to pay quarterly estimated taxes if you make enough money.
