Showing ordinances that apply to Dunthorpe, OR
Dunthorpe is an unincorporated community (population 1,704) in Multnomah County, Oregon. Because Dunthorpe is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Multnomah County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The cottage food operations rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Oregon's Domestic Kitchen law ORS 616.706 and Farm Direct Marketing law ORS 616.695 allow limited home food sales without commercial licensing. Products are limited to non-potentially hazardous baked goods, jams, jellies, and fruit butters. $50,000 annual gross sales cap. Sales must be direct to consumer; no internet shipping.
Oregon's 'Domestic Kitchen' exemption under ORS 616.706 (enforced by Oregon Department of Agriculture Food Safety Program) allows individuals to produce and sell certain non-potentially hazardous foods from their home kitchen without a commercial food processor license. Allowed products are narrowly defined: baked goods that do not require refrigeration (cookies, breads, pastries — NOT cream-filled or cheesecake), jams/jellies/preserves made from high-acid fruits, fruit butters, honey, dried herbs, and candy. Sales are capped at $50,000 gross annually (raised from $20,000 by HB 2586 in 2021). Products must be sold directly to the end consumer — no wholesale, no retail through third parties, no internet shipping outside Oregon. Labels must include producer name/address, product name, ingredients in descending order by weight, allergens (Big 9 per FALCPA), net weight, and the statement 'This product is homemade and is not prepared in an inspected food establishment.' Farm Direct Marketing under ORS 616.695 allows farm-produced value-added foods (pickles, salsa) with additional acidity and water-activity requirements. Multnomah County Environmental Health is the local contact but does not inspect domestic kitchen operations. Home occupation zoning still applies — in Portland PCC 33.203 limits home businesses to no more than 1 non-resident employee and no customer traffic beyond delivery; in unincorporated Multnomah County MCC 39.7505 has similar limits.
Selling non-permitted foods: cease and desist from ODA, potential foodborne illness civil liability. Exceeding $50K cap: required commercial kitchen and license. Labeling violations: warning then civil penalty up to $1,000 under ORS 616.880.
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