New Jersey licenses home food businesses statewide through the Cottage Food Operator Permit (N.J.A.C. 8:24-11). The permit costs $100, is valid two years, and allows only non-hazardous foods made in your home kitchen, sold direct to consumers. Morris County does not license cottage food.
Since October 2021, New Jersey's Department of Health has run the Cottage Food Operator Permit under N.J.A.C. 8:24-11. You must hold a permit ($100, valid two years), complete an approved food-safety course, and, if on a private well, pass water testing. Only non-potentially-hazardous foods (breads, cookies, candies, jams, dry goods) are allowed; refrigeration-required foods are prohibited. Products must be made in the operator's private home kitchen and sold directly to consumers, capped at $50,000 per year, with no wholesale or shipping. Every label must carry the statutory home-kitchen disclosure. This is a state permit; Morris County does not administer it.
Selling cottage food without a valid state permit, or producing prohibited/hazardous foods, violates N.J.A.C. 8:24 and can bring embargo of product and Department of Health enforcement penalties.
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