Home-based food businesses in Redondo Beach operate under California's Homemade Food Act (Health & Safety Code 113758 et seq.), which licenses Cottage Food Operations through L.A. County, while the city handles the home-occupation business license and zoning.
California's Homemade Food Act (Health & Safety Code 113758 and related sections of the California Retail Food Code) authorizes Cottage Food Operations (CFOs) to make and sell approved non-potentially-hazardous foods from a private home kitchen. CFOs come in two classes: Class A (direct sales) and Class B (which may also sell indirectly through other businesses), each subject to state annual gross-sales caps and product, labeling, and registration/permit rules. Because Redondo Beach is in Los Angeles County, the CFO is registered or permitted through the L.A. County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, which administers cottage food under state law. At the city level, the operation is a home occupation: it needs a Redondo Beach business license with the Home Occupation
Selling homemade food without the required state CFO registration/permit or the city business license can lead to enforcement by L.A. County Public Health and by city Code Enforcement, including cease-and-desist orders and fines.
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