Preserving Your Harvest

[WthrLady]

https://www.ncrfsma.org/files/page/files/ncr_pickled_vegetables.pdf

pickles

 

[BReeder!]

You would fall under the cottage law - like I do. Here is Illinois
https://forrager.com/law/illinois-home-kitchen-operation/

But it only applies to baked goods. I don't see regulation for canned/preserved goods at the cottage level. So probably just labeled, dated, with ingredients and contact information.

Apparently IL has Home Kitchen Operation and Cottage laws. The Cottage laws do cover canned goods. Oddly, there's restrictions on tomatoes from what I've read so far. There was an update at some point allowing the sale of homemade tomato canned goods with certain restrictions still, but I haven't found the details on that just yet.

I'm most interested in selling pickles and jams, which are allowed with just a few exceptions. My sister bakes a lot though and wants to open a bakery. Sounds like she's interested in going in together on a stand at the farmers market next year. Baked goods also have restrictions, but are generally allowed under cottage law. Selling out of your home instead of just the farmers market is when the home kitchen operation comes into play.

 

[WthrLady]

Correct.
The law there is similar to ours. Although we had to take classes and get a permit. And we cannot sell anything that requires refrigeration.

 

[Sally PB]

My sister bakes a lot though and wants to open a bakery.

The local farmstand has/is a bakery too. They are BUSY, especially this time of year. It's a seasonal operation, May through Christmas. They take orders for holiday pies, and if you don't pre-order one, you're probably out of luck for a pie from them around Thanksgiving or Christmas.

I tried to talk the owner into being open as a bakery/coffee shop year round. He said he thought about it, then rolled over and went back to sleep. Too bad, because they do a pretty good morning coffee/donut trade, and that could go all year.

 

[WthrLady]

The rules change completely if you open a brick and mortar store, legally, taxes, code, license, permits. Bleh.

 

[Sally PB]

The rules change completely if you open a brick and mortar store, legally, taxes, code, license, permits. Bleh.

Yeah. The owner of the farmstand said that if he were open as a bakery in the winter, the regs would be totally different for him.

 

[pennyJo1960]

It was interesting years ago I made a fresh natural dog food for years to help cancer dogs .. anyone ever had one I was working BNCT at Wazzo here Golden retrievers with brain tumors..
I decided to make a company of natural dog and cat foods.
Rules where about the same as for a brick and motor resteraunt
Decided to make it more than fresh and frozen .. thought to dehydrate new rules there also .. Had inspections every few months

 

[BReeder!]

How long do you all process tomato sauce? I'm wanting to use my new (to me) pressure canner. While I'm aware I can waterbath tomato sauce, I want use the pressure canner to get used to it. The internet has all sorts of suggestions varying from 10 min to 45 min for pressure canning tomato sauce in quarts at 15 lbs.

I'm inclined to maintain 15 lbs of pressure for 10 minutes just. That's after achieving pressure of course. Then turn off the heat and remove the weight. Once cooled I'll open and remove the jars to finish cooking and let the lid pop on a towel on the counter. Sound right to you?

 

[pennyJo1960]

45 minutes sound like allot of time?

 

[WthrLady]

Meat or no meat?