Have you ever thought about starting your own food based business from your home?
When you looked into it, did you discover that you needed to use a commercial kitchen and be licensed?
Well, this has all changed, and budding entrepreneurs can now get their business started in their home.
On July 2, 2011, the Florida Cottage Food Act became a state law. This new law allows small businesses to prepare their food products in their own kitchens without obtaining a food permit from the Department of Agriculture.
The law allows cooks to bake cakes, cookies, or breads, create jams, jellies and vinegars, and a number of other products in their own home and market them.
There are a number of conditions that you need to be aware of, however.
1) Annual gross sales cannot exceed $15,000.
2) The products cannot be sold over the Internet or by mail order
3) The products cannot be sold wholesale to restaurants or food stores.
For more information, contact your local Small Business Information Center. They are running workshops to help budding entrepreneurs understand this new law and its caveats. In Hillsborough County, you can learn more by logging onto www.hillsborough-county.org/sbic or call 813-914-4028.
Basic information for this blog obtained from the In The Field Magazine, July 2011
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