Colorado's Cottage Foods Act (CRS 25-4-1614) lets residents sell certain non-hazardous homemade foods directly to consumers without a license or inspection, up to $10,000 in net revenue per product per year. A food-safety course and product labeling are required.
Under CRS 25-4-1614, a cottage-foods producer is "a person who prepares nonpotentially hazardous foods in a home kitchen... for sale directly to consumers." The Act applies to "producers who earn net revenues of ten thousand dollars or less per calendar year from the sale of each eligible food product." These foods are exempt from state licensure and routine inspection. Foods must be delivered directly from producer to an informed end consumer and sold only in Colorado. Producers must take a food-safety course covering basic food handling, and products must carry a label with the producer's name and contact, production date, ingredients, and a disclaimer that the food was made in a home kitchen not subject to state inspection. In unincorporated
Selling potentially hazardous foods, exceeding the $10,000-per-product cap, or omitting required labels removes the exemption and subjects the seller to state food-establishment licensing and enforcement.
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