Illinois's Home-to-Market Act lets you make and sell a wide range of homemade food from a Champaign County home after registering with the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District. No state license, and the old sales cap is gone.
The Illinois cottage food law, 410 ILCS 625/4, was greatly expanded by the Home-to-Market Act, effective January 1, 2022. A cottage food operation registers with the local health department, the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District, rather than getting a state retail food license. The 2022 changes removed the old annual sales cap and broadened what can be sold, allowing many baked goods, jams, pickles, and other items direct to consumers at farmers markets, from home, online, and by delivery. The person preparing the food must hold a Department-approved food service sanitation manager certification, and products must be labeled with ingredients, allergens, and a home-kitchen disclosure. Foods needing time and temperature control for safety stay limited.
Selling without registering with the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District, omitting the required labeling, or offering foods outside the allowed categories can pull the operation under full retail food-establishment permitting and health-department enforcement.
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