Cottage Foods and Home Bakeries Resources

OHIO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (ODA) - COTTAGE FOODS
- The ODA provides information on cottage food production operations, such as what foods are permitted to be manufactured for sale or distribution by a cottage food production operation, and where cottage food production operations may sell their food products, all according to Chapter 3715 of the Ohio Revised Code. External resources on Cottage Food Production and the Pure Food and Drug Law according to Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules are also provided.
  - Learn More: https://agri.ohio.gov/divisions/food-safety/resources/cottage-food

OHIO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (ODA) - HOME BAKERY
- The ODA provides useful information on all you need to know about home bakeries, from what foods are permitted to be manufactured for sale or distribution by a Home Bakery, to requirements for the labeling of Home Bakery products. The Division of Food Safety at ODA offers basic guidelines on the bakery items permitted to be produced in a licensed home kitchen and offered for sale.
  - Learn More: https://agri.ohio.gov/divisions/food-safety/resources/home-bakery

FARM OFFICE | OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION - STARTING A FOOD BUSINESS
- Resources from the Starting of a Food Business webinar series: Start-Up Basics, Selling Home-Based Foods, and Selling Meat and Poultry. All you need to know about selling your home-based and farm-raised foods.
  - Learn More: https://farmoffice.osu.edu/our-library/food-law/starting-food-business