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Sheila Bernal Ray replied to the topic Letter to councilman to ask for ordinance in the forum Illinois 7 years, 3 months ago
Yes, my daughter and I got the Cupcake Law passed in Aurora, IL in January, 2017. We simply started with and email on the city website (I sent it in the fall of 2016, and they didn’t contact me until December or January). We didn’t need to do a letter. We just worked with someone from the city and she invited us to the meetings with Aldermen and…[Read more]
Christine Knight started the topic Letter to councilman to ask for ordinance in the forum Illinois 7 years, 3 months ago
Hi,
Has anyone on here been involved in petitioning your local government for support of the IL Home Kitchen Operations law? I was wondering if anyone has a letter they would be willing to share that highlights all the points to bring up when asking local government to adopt an ordinance supporting the Illinois law. I am in the process of trying…[Read more]James started the topic $1,000 Monthly Limit in the forum Illinois 7 years, 3 months ago
I am starting to do more business in the area and all of our products are baked in a home kitchen at this time. We are getting pretty close to going over the $1,000 limit, but don’t have access to a commercial kitchen. We’re trying to get our own location to bake out of, but we are waiting on financing. What happens if we exceed the $1,000 monthly…[Read more]
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David Crabill replied to the topic cakes in the forum Illinois 7 years, 6 months ago
Yes, you need to use a commercial kitchen, and you need to get the proper licensing and training from the health dept. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial
David Crabill replied to the topic Offering free baked goods at an event in the forum Illinois 7 years, 8 months ago
First of all, I just want to clarify that the Home Kitchen Operation law is only in a select few counties. If your county is one of the ones that allows homemade baked goods to be sold under that law, then I’d assume that you would still have to package and label the product. The reasons for packaging and labeling are based on health and safety…[Read more]
David Crabill replied to the topic Perishable Items from a Commercial Kitchen? in the forum Illinois 7 years, 8 months ago
Yes, you can start any kind of food business if you use a commercial kitchen, but you’ll also need to get the necessary licenses to run your business, which can be complicated.
Sheila Bernal Ray started the topic Offering free baked goods at an event in the forum Illinois 7 years, 8 months ago
If I offer free baked goods at a public event (from my home kitchen under Cupcake Law), do I still need to individually package and label the items?
Sheila Bernal Ray posted an update in the group Illinois 7 years, 9 months ago
The Cupcake Law has been passed in Aurora, Illinois, effective January 24. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170125/business/170129223/
Sheila Bernal Ray joined the group Illinois 7 years, 9 months ago
David Crabill replied to the topic Cook county in the forum Illinois 7 years, 10 months ago
No, I haven’t heard anything.
David Crabill replied to the topic Popcorn in the forum Illinois 8 years, 2 months ago
Cara, the health dept should know the rules since they are the dept that is in charge of enforcing them. If they can’t give you an answer, then there may not be one.
Kathy Jones joined the group Illinois 8 years, 2 months ago
David Crabill replied to the topic Home bakers law in the forum Illinois 8 years, 4 months ago
I don’t know of anyone who has compiled a list of counties, but perhaps some health dept has one. Try calling up Cook County and seeing if they know more. If you can’t find a list, it’s possible that one doesn’t exist. If you spend the time to create one by contacting every county’s health dept, I’d be happy to incorporate it into the law page so…[Read more]
Mireya replied to the topic Home bakers law in the forum Illinois 8 years, 4 months ago
Can anyone tell me which counties we can operate as a home baker to sell baked goods from home? Im new to this and new to Illinois as well and not sure where to find out which counties allow this. Thank you
Mireya joined the group Illinois 8 years, 4 months ago
David replied to the topic Popcorn in the forum Illinois 8 years, 5 months ago
I’m not sure if that is allowed under the cottage food law. The law recently changed to give health depts the ability to allow other types of nonperishable foods, so I recommend that you ask your health dept. If you want to pop the popcorn at the market, you wouldn’t be able to use the cottage food law.
David replied to the topic Online Sales in the forum Illinois 8 years, 6 months ago
It would not be legal. Aside from the fact that your box sale likely wouldn’t sell well without the cookies (the box is not really what you’re selling), typically food laws place the same requirements on publicly-available foods, regardless of whether there is a charge for them or not.
Victor joined the group Illinois 8 years, 8 months ago
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