David Crabill
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Craig, what state are you in?
I don’t see any problem with that, as long as the food prep isn’t happening in a bedroom.
It depends on your state, but usually cottage food laws on only for products intended for human consumption. The health depts is in charge of these kinds of businesses.
Irvine, CA? Neither California nor Texas will allow these products, with the exception of almonds, which both states allow.
The list of allowed foods that matters is here, under questions 2 & 3: http://www.agri.ohio.gov/foodsafety/docs/CottageFoodOperation-factsheet.pdf
Ohio’s law used to be more limited and then they passed an amendment that expanded the list of allowed foods. It appears that only foods that are on the list are allowed. I don’t think there’s a reason why vinegar is not on there, other than that someone didn’t put it on.
Drying your own corn sounds a little more like something they intentionally left off. Even though cornmeal is totally safe in it’s final form, they consider the potential risks required to get it to that stage. Most states do not allow dried vegetables, even though many allow dried fruit.
From the resources I can see online, it doesn’t look like you could produce either of these items. “Mixes” would include cornmeal you buy from the store, but I don’t know if processing it yourself would be okay. However, I could be wrong and I suggest you talk to the ag dept to be sure.
I believe you can’t sell dry or prepared tea without a commercial license. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial
What state are you in? Usually they cannot, but it depends on your state.
Brownies are a non-potentially hazardous baked good and are allowed.
I don’t know, but you can find out by contacting the Food Compliance Officer at 919-733-7366.
The health dept’s job is to help you with that stuff. I don’t know anyone that helps in setting up a food business. You really need to call them yourself (since you know what your business is going to entail) and if you want to, you can hire a secretary of sorts to handle paperwork.
