Florida's Cottage Food Law lets St. Lucie County residents sell certain non-hazardous homemade foods from their home kitchen without a Department of Agriculture permit, as long as annual gross sales stay at or below $250,000.
Under Florida Statute 500.80, a cottage food operation may produce approved non-time/temperature-control foods (baked goods, jams, candies, and similar) in an unlicensed home kitchen. The operation is exempt from the food-permitting requirements of s. 500.12 as long as its annual gross sales of cottage food products do not exceed $250,000. Products must be properly labeled and cannot be sold wholesale for resale; sales are direct to consumers, including online with in-state delivery. Local zoning still treats this as a home occupation, so St. Lucie County or city home-business standards (no exterior evidence, incidental use) still apply.
Exceeding the $250,000 cap or selling prohibited foods forfeits the exemption, requiring a state food permit and licensed facility; local zoning violations are enforced by code compliance.
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