Food Safety
Guides across the site that deal with food safety.
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Food, Drink & Regulated Retail
Opening a Food Business: Permits, Inspections, and Grades
A food business needs a health permit, and usually a plan review, a build-out inspection, and a graded opening inspection. Nearly all of it is set locally.
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Food, Drink & Regulated Retail
Cottage Food Laws and Selling From a Home Kitchen
Every state allows some home food production, but they differ on what may be made, where it may be sold, how it must be labeled, and how much you may sell in a year.
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Food, Drink & Regulated Retail
Food Truck Permits, Commissaries, and Where to Park
Mobile food vending sits at the intersection of health law, street law, and fire code. The commissary requirement and the parking rules cause most of the trouble.
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Food, Drink & Regulated Retail
Farmers Market Rules and Producer-Only Requirements
A farmers market stall sits under market rules, state agriculture law, and local health permits at once. Producer-only terms decide who may sell what.
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Food, Drink & Regulated Retail
Health Inspection Closures and Reopening a Restaurant
A closure order is an administrative act with a defined cure and a defined route back. Knowing the sequence turns a multi-week shutdown into a short one.