David Crabill
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Yes, this is possible, but not common. Even though I know that it can be done, I don’t really have any examples, other than this somewhat similar one in Maine: http://naturalsociety.com/sedgwick-maine-first-us-town-say-forced-gmo-regulations-fda/
I believe that you can, but you should probably check with the county’s health dept first. For instance, I know that Miami-Dade won’t allow any cottage food sales, but that is the only county I know of that prohibits them.
No… everything you sell must be baked.
Saralyn, make sure you read through Florida’s cottage food law first. There are specific foods that are allowed, and nothing that needs refrigeration or heat to stay safe is allowed. Also, all of the food preparation, packaging, and labeling must happen back in your home kitchen. If you want to warm something up at the stand, then it would have to be done in its packaging.
Try calling your health dept to see if they would consider your syrup a “preserve”, in which case it would be allowed under the cottage food law. They probably will not allow it, and if they don’t then your business can’t be done from home. You’d need to use a commercial kitchen. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial
You definitely need to pay income taxes and you don’t need an LLC or tax ID. You may or may not need to get a business license — call up your planning division to find out. If you do not need to get a business license, then the state will classify you as a sole proprietorship by default.
Interstate sales in Virginia are not allowed with the cottage food law. You need to get a commercial license.
Soup like that would not be allowed from a home kitchen. Only dry soup mixes would work. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial
You can make all of the things you described, as long as they don’t require refrigeration. You need to be incorporating fruits like blueberries or bananas into the batter (garnishing with fruits isn’t allowed).
That’s not quite right… anything that is not shelf stable is not allowed, but not everything that is shelf stable is allowed. For instance, pickles are one of the items that can be shelf stable but are not yet allowed. The law currently doesn’t allow for bottled/preserved veggies.
As far as medicine goes, I really don’t know if that falls under separate rules. You can call your environmental health dept for more info about that and the allowances for cottage food products.
