Rajesh Anandakrishnan

That’s correct.

You wouldn’t be using this cottage food law for that kind of business. I’m not sure what you need, but your health dept should know.

It should be true, but there are some counties with weird ordinances. You can check with your local ag dept, but usually you don’t need a license from them to sell produce. You may need a business license or something else from other depts in your county, though.

As far as I know, owning a smoothie shop will require you to setup a commercial kitchen, with inspections from the health dept. As long as you’re going to do all of that, you might as well also use it for making your dried fruit. I don’t think your shop can sell homemade goods.

Bake sales like this may be possible, but it’s up to your health dept to draw the lines for what’s allowed.

I really don’t know. My guess is that the added processing would require you to make it in a commercial kitchen. I doubt you’ll be able to find specific info about creamed honey online — you should just talk to the dept.

I think you might be referring to ServSafe’s online course, in which case you should contact them for help. The ag or health dept is in charge of in-person training courses.

One thing that complicates things is that CFOs do not need a permit from the ag dept, so most probably don’t check with the ag dept before starting their business. But from what I’ve heard, in Miami-Dade a CFO would get stopped if an inspector walked through the market.

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I assume you’re talking about an online demo on some other website. I can’t help with other sites but I can tell you that you won’t be able to use Flash with an iPhone. You should contact that website’s support team if you can’t access it. I don’t have county-specific info for courses in Alabama. Sorry that I can’t be of much help.

Oh okay… you’re definitely not going to find that info online! You need to be in close communication with the health dept.

You mean for building one? It’s super complicated and the rules a different for each dept. If you just want to use a commercial kitchen, you can do that, but you’ll still need to submit plans to the health dept. I’m not sure exactly what your question is, but I won’t have any definite answers because it depends on the dept.

You must follow Maryland’s laws, and I don’t think they will allow you to sell in PA.