Lee's Summit requires no local cottage food permit. Missouri's Cottage Food Law (RSMo 196.298) lets residents sell non-hazardous home-baked goods, jams, and dry mixes directly to consumers with no state license and, since 2022, no annual sales cap.
Cottage food is governed by Missouri statute, not a Lee's Summit ordinance. RSMo 196.298 authorizes the sale of non-potentially-hazardous foods such as baked goods, jams, jellies, and dry herbs and mixes, produced in a home kitchen and sold directly to the consumer, without a state license or inspection. House Bill 1697, effective August 28, 2022, repealed the former $50,000 annual sales cap, so cottage food sales are now unlimited. Each product must be labeled with the producer's name and address, the product name, ingredients, and a notice that the food was made in a home kitchen not subject to inspection. Foods needing refrigeration or time-and-temperature control are excluded and require full food-establishment licensing.
Selling potentially hazardous foods, mislabeling products, or operating outside the cottage food exemption can draw enforcement from state and county health authorities, including orders to stop sales and a requirement to obtain full retail food licensing.
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