Oil_Natkritta

Irvine, CA? Neither California nor Texas will allow these products, with the exception of almonds, which both states allow.

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.

No — it needs to be from home or at a farmers market, event, or roadside stand.

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…[Read more]

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…[Read more]