Florida's cottage food law (FS 500.80) lets residents make and sell certain non-hazardous foods from a home kitchen without a state permit or inspection, as long as annual gross sales stay under $250,000 and products are prepackaged with a proper label.
FS 500.80 allows cottage food operations with annual gross sales of cottage food products that do not exceed $250,000. Products (breads, cakes, jams, honey, dry mixes, and similar non-potentially-hazardous items) must be prepackaged with a label and stored on the operation's premises; the operation is exempt from the FS 500.12 food-permit requirement. The Department of Agriculture may enter and inspect only upon receipt of a complaint. A 2021 amendment raised the sales cap and expanded permitted sales channels including mail order. Home occupation zoning rules under LDC 5.02.07 (no exterior evidence, employee/traffic caps) still apply to selling from the home.
Selling non-permitted (potentially hazardous) foods, mislabeling, or exceeding $250,000 in sales subjects the operator to FS 500 disciplinary action; refusing a complaint inspection is separate grounds for discipline.
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