Kern County residents can sell approved low-risk homemade foods as cottage food operations. Class A operations register with Kern County Public Health for direct sales; Class B operations need a permit and may also sell through stores and restaurants.
California Health and Safety Code Section 113758 defines a cottage food operation as a business in a private home with no more than one full-time-equivalent non-household employee, capped at 75,000 dollars in verifiable gross annual sales for Class A and 150,000 dollars for Class B. Under Section 114365, Class A operations must register with the local enforcement agency and submit a self-certification checklist and are generally exempt from routine inspection, while Class B operations must obtain a permit and face no more than one inspection per year. Kern County Public Health Services acts as the local enforcement agency, and operators must complete cottage food operator training.
Opening a cottage food business without the required registration or permit violates the California Retail Food Code; Kern County Public Health can deny, suspend, or revoke a CFO registration or permit.
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