David Crabill
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You can only use your own home kitchen for your cottage food business. If you wish to use a commercial kitchen then you’ll need a commercial license.
As long as you are living in the apartment and the landlord gives their approval, using the apartment’s kitchen shouldn’t be a problem.
No — the cottage food law is only for in-state sales. You also wouldn’t be able to cook from a kitchen in CA and try to use CA’s cottage food law, if you’re living in Nevada. You need a commercial license to sell out-of-state.
There are different ways to conduct a pH test. The simplest way is to buy test strips that will give you an approximate measurement of the pH of your product. The accurate way to test your item is to send it into a lab.
When health depts need to verify that a product is non-potentially hazardous, they will ask you to send it in for a lab test. Both pH and water activity level are required to determine if something is non-potentially hazardous, and water activity is not easy to measure at home.
I really have no idea if Utah requires lab testing for certain items, but they probably do on these kind of items. You should get in touch with Rebecca Nielsen, who is the cottage food coordinator for UT — her number is 801-538-7152.
Under Ohio’s cottage food law, you can’t sell online or use a commercial kitchen. You need to get a commercial license: http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial
There is probably somewhere in the food code that says something about commercial licensing and commercial kitchens, and it may even list some requirements about how producers handle food, but you really won’t be able to get the full scoop without talking to them directly.
I don’t think it will matter that the extra building is almost a house. You’re not working with the cottage food law here so you’ll be held to all the standards of a commercial kitchen.
No — it needs to be from home or at a farmers market, event, or roadside stand.
1) I am really not sure about ghee, but I’m almost certain this would not be allowed. You need to call the ag dept for clarification.
2) This isn’t allowed under the cottage food law. You need special licensing to sell alcohol.
Yes — you should contact your planning division and see if there are any local requirements, like a general business license.
