Alabama's Cottage Food Law lets you sell approved home-produced foods from a Mobile County home with no permit or health inspection. A 2021 amendment removed the sales cap, so there is no dollar limit. You must pass an approved food-safety course.
Alabama Code Section 22-20-5.1 governs cottage food production statewide. It covers non-potentially-hazardous foods made at home, such as cakes, breads, pastries, candies, jams, and dried herbs, sold directly to consumers. Act 2021-306 (SB160) removed the former $20,000 annual sales cap, making Alabama one of the most permissive states, and broadened where you may sell. No health permit or kitchen inspection is required, but the operator must complete and maintain certification for a food-safety course approved by the Department of Public Health, and each product must be labeled, including a statement that it was made in a home not inspected by the state.
Selling potentially hazardous time/temperature-control foods, operating without the required food-safety certification, or omitting the mandatory label and home disclaimer strips cottage-food protection and subjects the seller to full retail food-establishment permitting and enforcement.
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