Home food sales in Madison are governed by the Alabama Cottage Food Law. You may sell nonpotentially hazardous foods like baked goods, candies, jams, and dried mixes after passing an ADPH-approved food safety course and registering with the county health department. There is no longer a sales limit.
Alabama's Cottage Food Law (2021 update, administered by the Alabama Department of Public Health) defines a cottage food as "a nonpotentially hazardous food that has been prepared in a person's home and that does not require time or temperature control for safety." Permitted foods include candies, jams, jellies, preserves, baked goods, candied nuts, popcorn, roasted coffee, and dried baking mixes, plus items with water activity below 0.88 or pH under 4.2. Meats, milk products, refrigerated baked goods, garlic-in-oil, and kombucha are prohibited. Producers must pass an ADPH-approved food safety course and register with the county health department environmentalist's office; labels must be approved by the county health department. The $20,000 sales cap was removed in 2021. Note: a Madison home-occupation
Selling prohibited (potentially hazardous) foods, or operating without the required ADPH food safety course, registration, or approved labels, violates the Alabama Cottage Food Law and ADPH rules.
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