South Carolina's Cottage Food Law (SC Code Section 44-1-143) lets residents make and sell non-potentially-hazardous foods from home with no DHEC permit or inspection. Greenville County explicitly allows home-based food production as a home occupation.
Section 44-1-143 defines a home-based food production operation as an individual who prepares, packages, and sells non-potentially-hazardous foods (baked goods, candies, jams) directly to consumers from their dwelling. No DHEC permit or inspection is required, but each product must be labeled with the operation's name and address, product name, ingredients in descending order, and a conspicuous statement that it was made by a home-based operation not subject to South Carolina's food safety regulations. Greenville County's zoning ordinance lists 'home-based food production operations (as covered under Section 44-1-143... Cottage Food Law)' as a permitted home occupation, subject to the Section 6:2(13) conditions.
Selling potentially hazardous foods, exceeding the cottage-food scope, or failing to label properly can subject the operation to state food-safety regulation and enforcement by DHEC/DPH.
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