Texas Cottage Food Law (TX Health & Safety Code Ch. 437) allows selling certain homemade foods directly to consumers from home without a city permit or health inspection. Annual sales limit of $75,000. Grand Prairie does not impose additional local restrictions.
Cottage food operations in Grand Prairie are governed by Texas state law (Health and Safety Code Chapter 437, the Texas Cottage Food Law). Individuals may produce and sell certain non-potentially-hazardous foods (baked goods, candies, jams, dried herbs, etc.) from their home kitchen directly to consumers without a city food permit or health inspection. The annual gross sales limit is $75,000 under state law. Products must be labeled with the producer's name, address, and the statement 'This food is made in a home kitchen and is not inspected by the Department of State Health Services.' Grand Prairie does not impose additional local restrictions on cottage food operations beyond the general home occupation provisions in the Unified Development Code.
State-level enforcement by DSHS for food safety violations. No city permit required for qualifying cottage food.
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