Illinois' Cottage Food law (410 ILCS 625/4) lets you produce many non-hazardous foods in your home kitchen for direct sale. You must register with your local health department — in St. Clair County, the St. Clair County Health Department — before selling.
Under 410 ILCS 625/4, a 'cottage food operation' is a person who produces or packages food or drink (other than the prohibited hazardous items) in a kitchen in their primary domestic residence, or an equipped farm kitchen, for direct sale by the owner, a family member, or an employee. The 2022 Home-to-Market Act broadened what can be sold and where. A cottage food operation must register with the local health department for the unit of local government where it is located, and may then sell products beyond that jurisdiction. Prohibited items include meat, poultry, fish, and most dairy/egg products. Products must be labeled with the operation's registration number and the fact that they are made in a home kitchen not
Selling prohibited hazardous foods, or operating without registering with the local health department, subjects a cottage food operation to enforcement and possible cease-sale action.
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