Selling homemade food from a La Habra residence is governed by the California Homemade Food Act. Operators register (Class A) or permit (Class B) with the Orange County environmental health agency and must also secure a city Home Occupation Permit and business license.
California's Homemade Food Act (Health & Safety Code Section 114365 et seq.) lets residents prepare and sell approved non-potentially-hazardous foods from a home kitchen as a Cottage Food Operation. Class A (direct sales) operators self-register and Class B (indirect sales) operators obtain a permit after a kitchen inspection through the Orange County Health Care Agency; Class A caps gross annual sales at $75,000 and Class B at $150,000. State rules require a food handler course, and no cottage food handling may occur alongside other domestic activity or with children or pets in the kitchen. La Habra treats this as a home occupation, so operators also need a city Home Occupation Permit under LHMC 18.60 and a business license, without signage.
Selling cottage food without county registration/permit or a city home occupation permit can result in enforcement by the county health agency and city code enforcement.
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