South Carolina, not Horry County, governs home-based food. Non-potentially hazardous foods can be sold with no permit or license, but each product must carry the state consumer advisory label.
Horry County sets no separate cottage food rule; it is a statewide program under South Carolina's Home-Based Food Production Law. Individuals may prepare and sell non-potentially hazardous foods (baked goods, candies, jams, dried mixes, and similar shelf-stable items) directly to consumers and to retail and grocery stores without a permit, license or DHEC registration, so long as production stays in the home kitchen kept free of pets and people during handling. Every product must be labeled with the required consumer advisory. Refrigerated or time/temperature-controlled foods are excluded and need a commercial permit.
Selling potentially hazardous foods, omitting the required label, or producing outside a home kitchen removes the exemption and can trigger state food-safety enforcement.
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