Jurupa Valley, CA Home Business: Cottage Food Operations (2026)

California Health and Safety Code Section 114365 establishes a two-tier system: a Class A cottage food operation may not open for business unless it is registered with the local enforcement agency and submits a self-certification checklist, while a Class B cottage food operation may not open for business unless it obtains a permit from the local enforcement agency. For Jurupa Valley residents, the local enforcement agency is the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health, which requires a completed Registration/Permitting form; Class B operations receive regular annual facility inspections (including a pre-permit home kitchen inspection), while Class A operations are inspected only upon a consumer complaint or reported foodborne illness.

A registration or permit from one county is sufficient for a cottage food operation to operate throughout the state. At the city level, Jurupa Valley's Planning Commission directed during the ZCA 24004 hearings that cottage food operations be clarified as governed by state law and exempt from the new home occupation restrictions, and the draft ordinance defines them by reference to Health and Safety Code Section 113758 and excludes them from the definition of home occupations.