South Carolina lets you sell approved home-produced foods from a York County home as a home-based food production operation with no SCDHEC permit or inspection. Products must be non-hazardous, labeled, and sold direct to consumers or to retail stores.
S.C. Code Section 44-1-143 governs home-based food production statewide and overrides county zoning for this activity. It covers nonpotentially hazardous foods, such as baked goods, candies, and jams, made in the operator's home and sold directly to consumers, including online and by mail, or to retail stores like grocery stores. No SCDHEC permit or kitchen inspection is required, and the operation is not a retail food establishment under Regulation 61-25. Each product must carry a label with the operator's name and address and a statement that the food is not subject to South Carolina's food-safety regulations.
Selling potentially hazardous foods, omitting the required label and home disclaimer, or operating outside the statute's direct-to-consumer and retail-store channels strips the exemption and subjects the seller to full SCDHEC retail food-establishment permitting.
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