David Crabill
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I don’t think you can use the cottage food law, since the kitchen is not in your primary residence. You should call the health dept and ask if they would allow it.
You definitely need to call your health dept before spending a ton of money on this. I don’t think you can use the cottage food law, since it’s not the kitchen in your primary residence. You can probably do this with a commercial license if you make that building into a commercial kitchen, but you need to be aware of all the requirements that go into building a commercial facility. It can get really expensive!
No — WA only allows high-sugar jams, jellies, and preserves, as well as fruit butters.
This is possible, unless the state specifically has language in their law to prevent this from happening. A number of cottage food laws now have this kind of language to prevent this problem from happening.
You can make them from home, but you can only sell them at events and at roadside stands. The rules are the same whether you promote your business or not. The person to contact about these rules is Kenan Bullinger at 701-328-1291.
Catering would be different from a home business. Most states have a separate catering license, but I don’t know about North Dakota. You should check with your health dept.
Dried fruit is allowed, but not dried vegetables.
You should have gotten your application from your environmental health dept, and that’s where you’d send it. This is the first line in the Business section on the CA law page… please let me know if there’s a way you think I could make it more clear.
If you’re offering the item in-person after receiving a donation for a nonprofit, then there may be an exemption for you: http://forrager.com/faq/#nonprofit
In that case, you should not be getting compensated in any way.Labeling it as a free gift doesn’t really change anything, since you can actually sell the item to raise money for a cause (under the above exemption).
Otherwise, I think your food gifts would need to be legal in one way or another — either by purchasing commercial items, or by following the cottage food law. The latter option would not allow you to send the gift remotely.
I don’t think it matters what kind of nonprofit it is… if you’re shipping homemade food around as part of a business then that’s not allowed.
Even though online sales aren’t allowed, paying thru PayPal in-person still maintains the spirit of the law and I would say it’s okay to do that. It’s really not much different from using PayPal Here, and I know that’s okay to use. That’s my take on it, but I haven’t verified that with the ag dept.
The main point is that a level of accountability should be involved in the transaction. The buyer and seller should meet in-person before the transaction happens.
No, it is the net weight of the product only.
