David Crabill
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Neither of those are allowed under the cottage food law. There may be another exemption for selling eggs (check with the ag dept), but I’m pretty sure you need a special license to sell unpasteurized milk (if it’s possible).
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I believe you need a commercial license. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial
Are you selling your chocolates? Oklahoma only allows certain homemade baked goods to be sold, so yes, selling homemade candy in OK would be illegal. If you buy chocolate from the store and then use it to make something different, then you need to be using a commercial kitchen to be doing that. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial
“Hygiene control” means a home kitchen inspection.
Usually almost any type of enclosed packaging is acceptable, and if it’s touching the food, it should be a food-grade material.
That sentence actually refers to licensing requirements from a health or ag dept, which you don’t need. You always need to abide by any local or general business requirements, which could be explained better on the site. Here’s some info about that: http://forrager.com/faq/#starting
Rebecca, in that case I assume that relish and sauerkraut are also never allowed? Are there any other non-refrigerated, non-meat items that are always prohibited?
Using alcohol in baked goods is completely dependent on where you live. A few states specifically allow it, and even in the ones that do, special licensing is often necessary for selling a product with significant amounts of alcohol in it. Even though rum cake is baked, it usually still has an alcoholic content remaining, especially if it’s moist. Typically these alcoholic amounts are insignificant, but it is good to be aware of and do research about. Your health dept will most likely be the one to regulate sales of goods with alcohol.
You should call Heath at the ag dept at 804-786-1164, and he should be able to clear up most of your questions. You can probably make buttercream frosting, but I’m not sure about that, since sometimes depts disallow it. I don’t think you need any licensing from the ag dept, but you still need to call your local authorities to determine if you need a business license or other local permits. I know it can be really confusing at first, but you just need to call govt officials to get definite answers.
