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Does anyone have any idea when a little hobby farm goes into a small business farm, im getting an upwards of 70 dozen eggs a month and im growing. i live in new jersey, does anyone know what the rules and regulations for selling eggs are? Do i need permit or anything? any info would be helpful at this point. I'm not farm assested just yet, im in the process of getting all the paper work filled out. i will be also getting more animals to fulfill the requirement to be farm assested.

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I live in NJ too, Hunterdon Co.  I do not sell eggs, but in the back of my mind I remember restrictions as far as holding temps. that were instituted on local farmers' markets and farm stands.  I think that it may be controlled by municipality and local board of health - not to say that there may not also be state restrictions.  Give the NJ state thread a try ('Where am I!  Where are you!' in the Social Forum) - post this question there and someone with REAL knowledge may be able to provide a proper answer.  welcome-byc.gif

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Greetings from Kansas, gocartbum, and welcome-byc.gif!  Pleased you joined us.  I X2 the advice of sourland.  Good luck to you!!!
 

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I never considered a difference in opinion, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.  - Thomas Jefferson
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.  - Ben Franklin
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.  - Teddy Roosevelt
 

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Welcome! I am in NJ as well, I think this is the regulation summary for farm products in NJ:

http://www.state.nj.us/agriculture/divisions/md/pdf/farmmarketguidelines.pdf

 

It says you should register with the NJDA, but I don't see how to do that on their site:

http://www.state.nj.us/agriculture/index.shtml


Edited by JerseyHen - 1/21/13 at 3:29pm

1 DH, 1DD, 1 boxer, and a flock of 27 chickens, 12 chicks, 33 bobwhite quail, Welsummer, Speckled Sussex, Faverolles, Barred Rocks, Brahma, EE, Blue Wheaten Ameraucana, Marans, Leghorn, and silkie. Member: APA, APWS, ASCA

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1 DH, 1DD, 1 boxer, and a flock of 27 chickens, 12 chicks, 33 bobwhite quail, Welsummer, Speckled Sussex, Faverolles, Barred Rocks, Brahma, EE, Blue Wheaten Ameraucana, Marans, Leghorn, and silkie. Member: APA, APWS, ASCA

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welcome-byc.gif  from Highland County Ohio and God Bless!!!

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God is great, Chickens are good, and People are crazy!

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frow.gif Welcome to BYC!!! Glad you joined.

Hi, Im Rebecca Im a Christian girl that loves chickens!! I am a vet volunteer and I owner of 9 chickens. If you have any questions about Coccidiosis, Mites & Lice, Worms, Molting, Vent Gleet, Bumble Foot, Egg Binding, or Prolapsed Oviduct, feel free to ask me about it or pm me.
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Hi, Im Rebecca Im a Christian girl that loves chickens!! I am a vet volunteer and I owner of 9 chickens. If you have any questions about Coccidiosis, Mites & Lice, Worms, Molting, Vent Gleet, Bumble Foot, Egg Binding, or Prolapsed Oviduct, feel free to ask me about it or pm me.
http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/mites-lice-treatment-and-prevention
http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/chickens-loosing...
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Hi and welcome-byc.gif from Ohio. So glad to have you aboard. Good luck. thumbsup.gif

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TIME is the best thing to spend on a child!
Always calibrate your hygrometer before you incubate!!

Home to Black East Indies, Mandarins, Speckled Sussex, Barred Rock, Golden Buffs, Welsummers, Ameraucanas, Black Australorp, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Two Weimaraners, Two beautiful daughters and a great DH who builds whatever I need!

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Hello from Utah!

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Hello and welcome to BYC frow.gif Good luck with your business!

 

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A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked ~ Bernard Meltzer

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frow.gif & welcome-byc.gif from Alabama. Glad you joined us. Good luck thumbsup.gif

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Dorothy: The woman keeps a chicken in her home, how normal can she be?
Rose: I kept a chicken in my home.
Dorothy: You see my point?
The Golden Girls "Long Day's Journey Into Marinara"

 

Check out my Blog: The Country Chick                          And be sure to check out our soap shop on Etsy, here.

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