Nebraska lets Lincoln residents make non-hazardous foods in their home kitchen and sell them directly to consumers with no sales cap, but the producer must register with the Nebraska Department of Agriculture first and give buyers a clearly visible home-kitchen notice.
Nebraska's cottage food law (Neb. Rev. Stat. §81-2,280 et seq.) allows a producer to prepare certain foods in a private home for direct sale to consumers - at a farmers market, fair, festival, or for pickup or delivery from the home. The producer must register with the Nebraska Department of Agriculture before selling and must inform each consumer, by clearly visible notification, that the food was made in an unregulated, uninspected kitchen and may contain allergens. Lincoln adds no special home-occupation barrier for direct home-kitchen sales, but a storefront or wholesale channel needs a food-establishment permit.
Selling without registering, or omitting the required consumer notification, violates the Nebraska Pure Food Act provisions and can draw Department of Agriculture enforcement.
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