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David Crabill replied to the topic Jam ingredients and labelling in the forum Jams, Jellies, & Preserves 7 years, 5 months ago
Eli, jams and jellies sold under the cottage food law need to adhere to CFR 21 — this requirement is listed in the law itself and cannot be overridden by a health dept. So the short answer is no, what you are doing is not legal. You need to use a commercial kitchen to produce low-sugar jams. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial
Courtney Burden posted an update in the group Business 7 years, 5 months ago
How do I get a legal business name?
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David Crabill replied to the topic Pizza Dough in the forum Massachusetts 7 years, 7 months ago
You won’t be able to use the cottage food law, since you are not baking the dough at home. Instead, it sounds like you will have to produce the dough in a commercial kitchen.
David Crabill replied to the topic Selling Homemade Peanut Butter in the forum Massachusetts 7 years, 7 months ago
I do not know for sure if peanut butter would be allowed, but I assume that it would.
The process for getting setup can be pretty complicated, and is largely dependent on your town or county. The fastest way to get info about how to start this kind of business is to talk to the health inspector in your area. When I tried to setup a business in…[Read more]
David Crabill replied to the topic Pizza Dough in the forum Massachusetts 7 years, 7 months ago
My guess is that you won’t be able to do what you envision. If all you are doing is making pizza dough, baking it, and then selling baked pizza crusts (with nothing on them) for customers to pickup, then yes, I’d say this is possible. You can sell bread as a cottage food operation in MA. I’m not sure if you could use an outdoor oven to do that,…[Read more]
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Eddie started the topic Pizza Dough in the forum Massachusetts 7 years, 8 months ago
Hey guys,
Im thinking of hosting Pizza Friday at my home in MA.
I want to turn into an eventual business, but am unsure if I can make dough in my home kitchen.
Im thinking Im ok because you can mix cake batter and all that have eggs. Pizza dough is just flour yeast salt and water. The pizza’s will be cooked in a wood oven in my back yard.any…[Read more]
David Crabill replied to the topic Pricing Products in the forum Business 7 years, 9 months ago
Here’s a blog post I wrote about pricing: http://forrager.com/2016/05/the-price-is-wrong/
David Crabill replied to the topic Bartering within cottage food law limits in the forum Business 7 years, 9 months ago
I do not think that any cottage food law is sophisticated enough to specify bartering transactions as monetary transactions that count against your sales limit. If it were me, I’d only count monetary transactions against the sales limit, and I’d be highly surprised if ignoring bartering transactions were illegal.
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David Crabill replied to the topic CFO Online Directory in the forum Business 7 years, 12 months ago
This website has the most comprehensive statewide directory available: http://forrager.com/cfos/?regions=california
There isn’t any statewide, govt initiative to list all CFOs, but there are a few health depts that have lists of CFOs in their counties. Off the top of my head, I think Sacramento, LA, San Bernardino, Orange, and a few others have a list.
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Most people apply for a business license as a sole proprietor and get a Fictitious Business Name, also known as a Doing Business As (DBA). You will need to contact your county offices to learn what’s required in your area.