Michigan's Cottage Food Law lets Ottawa County residents make and sell certain non-hazardous foods from an uninspected home kitchen without a license. Products must be prepackaged and labeled, including a statement that they were made in an uninspected home kitchen. Annual gross sales are capped (currently $50,000).
The Michigan Cottage Food Law (Food Law, MCL 289.4102) is a statewide rule administered by MDARD; local zoning cannot license or inspect it. A cottage food operation is exempt from the act's licensing and evaluation provisions if it sells only non-potentially-hazardous foods (baked goods, jams, dried mixes, etc.), sells directly to the consumer, keeps products properly labeled, and stays under the annual gross-sales cap. Every product must carry a label with the operation's name and address, the product name, ingredients, allergens, net weight, and the required home-kitchen disclosure. Ottawa County residents in any city or township may operate under this law from a residence.
Selling cottage foods that are mislabeled, potentially hazardous, or over the sales cap loses the exemption and may require full food-establishment licensing and expose the seller to MDARD enforcement.
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