Kentucky's Home-Based Processor and Home-Based Microprocessor laws (KRS 217.136 and KRS 217.137, implemented by 902 KAR 45:090) allow home production of certain non-potentially-hazardous foods with a $60,000 combined gross annual sales cap. The Barren River District Health Department registers processors locally. Bowling Green still applies its Home Office or Home Occupation zoning rules.
Kentucky regulates home-baked and home-prepared food sales through two state statutes administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services: KRS 217.136 (Home-Based Processor — bakers, jam and jelly makers, candy makers) and KRS 217.137 (Home-Based Microprocessor — adds canned high-acid foods like pickles and salsa from the producer's own farm). Implementing regulation 902 KAR 45:090 sets the combined sales cap at $60,000 gross annual sales across both programs. Allowed products are limited to non-potentially-hazardous items that do not require refrigeration: breads, pastries, cookies, jams, jellies, candies, dried herbs, fruit butters. Meats, dairy, custards, cream-filled goods, and most refrigerated items are prohibited. Sales must be direct to the end consumer (home, farmers market, certified roadside stand, on-farm); Home-Based Microprocessor sales are further restricted to the processor's own farm, Kentucky-registered farmers markets, and certified roadside stands. Each container must carry the producer's name, address, registration number, ingredients, and the statutory disclaimer that the product was produced in a home kitchen not subject to state inspection. Kentucky has no broad statutory preemption blocking local zoning rules, so a Bowling Green home processor must also comply with the Home Office or Home Occupation standards in Joint Zoning Ord. § 5.2.2.
State enforcement by Cabinet for Health and Family Services / Barren River District Health Department for selling prohibited or unregistered foods. Local zoning enforcement under Bowling Green Code Enforcement Board Sec. 7.2.2: $100 first offense use violation fine.
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