Georgia dropped its statewide cottage food license, so you can bake and sell non-hazardous foods from a Paulding County home kitchen with no state permit and no revenue cap. Sales must go straight to the end consumer.
Georgia runs cottage food through the Department of Agriculture under Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. Chapter 40-7-19, not through Paulding County. After House Bill 398, cottage food operators no longer need a state license, and the rules set no cap on sales. Permitted items are non-potentially-hazardous, shelf-stable foods: breads, cakes, cookies, candies, jams, jellies, and dried herbs. Foods needing refrigeration are excluded. Products are made in a home kitchen, labeled with the required cottage food statement and allergens, and sold directly to the end consumer. Wholesale to restaurants or retailers is not allowed. A county occupation tax certificate still applies.
Selling potentially hazardous foods that need refrigeration, or selling wholesale to restaurants or stores, falls outside the cottage food exemption and pulls the operation under full Georgia food service permitting, with stop-sale orders possible.
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