Cottage food operations in Davis are authorized by the California Homemade Food Act (Cal. Health and Safety Code Section 113758). Operators register or permit with Yolo County Environmental Health and must also meet the city's home-occupation and business-license requirements; the city cannot ban cottage food outright.
California's Homemade Food Act (Cal. Health and Safety Code Section 113758, AB 1616) authorizes Class A (direct-sale) and Class B (direct and indirect sale) cottage food operations producing non-potentially-hazardous foods from a private home, with no more than one full-time-equivalent non-family employee and within statutory gross-sales caps. Registration (Class A) and permitting plus inspection (Class B) are handled by the Yolo County Environmental Health Division. In Davis, the operation must also satisfy the home-occupation standards of Davis Municipal Code Section 40.26.150 and a city business license. State law bars a city from prohibiting cottage food operations outright; local rules are limited to reasonable standards on traffic, parking, noise, and other residential-character impacts.
Operating a cottage food business without the required Yolo County registration or permit violates state law and county rules and can bring cease-and-desist orders. Operating without a Davis business license or the Section 40.26.150 standards is separately enforceable.
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