David Crabill
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Products must be hand-delivered, but since you can have one employee, you can hire someone to deliver for you. You can’t use a delivery service, like UPS.
I’m pretty sure kombucha isn’t allowed, but you should check with your environmental health dept to make sure. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial
As a CFO, you are allowed one employee. It is possible to consider a delivery driver to be your one employee.
The intent of the direct sales limitation is to provide accountability by having the producer and consumer meet in-person. Online sales and shipping bypasses that personal interaction, and I think that’s why it isn’t allowed. However, since Class B CFOs are held accountable through a kitchen inspection, and are thereby allowed indirect sales, I don’t understand why they can’t ship. I don’t know of any upcoming changes to the law.
No, it does not fall under the cottage food law. You need to use a commercial kitchen to produce it. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial
Sorry, I’m only familiar with the cottage food laws, which pertain to items which are intended for consumption. Have you tried contacting the market organizer?
Cut or processed fruits aren’t on the list, but unprocessed fruits are okay to sell. I don’t think there’s any way to operate a home business that sells chocolate-covered fresh fruit. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial
Try calling the ag dept in your county.
Most states wouldn’t allow homemade foods from another state, but I know that NH does. Beyond that, I’m really not sure. Smaller, more rural states would be more likely to allow those sales (but maybe none of them do), and most of the big states (WA, CA, TX, FL, NY) would definitely not allow those sales.
I really don’t know, and you should talk to the ag dept about it.
1. You will likely need your DBA first, and the food handler training can come after applying, though it’s easy to do beforehand.
2. You must get approval from the property owner as the very first step. If they do not allow you to use your home for this business, you can’t use the cottage food law unless you move.
3) You need to pay yearly income taxes, as you would for any type of income you make. If you make enough, you will need to pay quarterly estimated taxes for your business.
