Georgia lets residents make non-hazardous baked goods, jams, jellies, and preserves in a home kitchen as a cottage food operation. Products must be sold directly to the end consumer, with no wholesale or distribution allowed.
Georgia's cottage food program is run by the Department of Agriculture under Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. Chapter 40-7-19, and it applies to home kitchens in unincorporated Chatham County. Cottage food products are non-potentially-hazardous baked goods, jams, jellies, preserves, and similar foods produced in the home kitchen of a domestic residence. Sales must be to the end consumer only: no distribution or wholesale is allowed, including to hotels, restaurants, or institutions. Products must be properly labeled. A Chatham County home occupation making cottage foods must still respect Section 2-28's in-home, no-sign limits, but the county cannot ban a compliant cottage food operation from a residence.
Selling wholesale, skipping required labeling, or making potentially hazardous foods removes the cottage food status and exposes the operator to Georgia Department of Agriculture enforcement.
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