Florida cottage food operations selling up to $250,000 a year need no state food permit and can operate from a home kitchen. Products must be labeled and sold directly to consumers, not wholesale.
Florida Statute 500.80 lets residents make and sell certain non-hazardous foods (baked goods, jams, candies, dried mixes) from an unlicensed home kitchen. A cottage food operation with annual gross sales of cottage food products not exceeding $250,000 is exempt from the Department of Agriculture's food-permit requirements. Products must be prepackaged and labeled with the operation's name and address, product name, ingredients, net weight, allergens, and the statement that the food was made in a cottage food operation not subject to Florida's food safety regulations. Sales may be direct, in person, by mail, or over the internet, but not at wholesale. Escambia County cannot ban a compliant cottage food home operation.
Selling wholesale, exceeding the sales cap, or omitting required labeling removes the exemption and subjects the operation to Department of Agriculture permitting and enforcement.
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