Wisconsin, not Waukesha County, sets cottage-food rules. Non-hazardous home baked goods may be sold direct to consumers without a license. Home-canned high-acid foods (pickles) can be sold up to $5,000 a year under Wis. Stat. 97.29 with required labeling.
Waukesha County does not regulate home food businesses; Wisconsin law does. DATCP allows a home baker to sell baked goods that are not potentially hazardous directly to consumers without a license (wholesaling still requires a license). For home-canned high-acid foods, Wis. Stat. 97.29(2)(b)2 (the "pickle bill") exempts pickles or other processed vegetables/fruits with an equilibrium pH of 4.6 or lower from licensing when sold at a community/social event or farmers' market and the seller receives less than $5,000 per year. A point-of-sale sign and container labels with prescribed wording are mandatory. A home food business may still need to satisfy county home-occupation zoning conditions.
Selling outside these exemptions without a DATCP license, or without the required sign/labels, can bring DATCP enforcement and penalties under ch. 97.
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