Selling Quail Meat

[NjQuailer]

Anybody have experience selling quail meat and getting all licensure, certifications, and inspections needed? I realize that all states have different regs, but just looking to see what other people's experience with this looks like.

 

[Nabiki]

I've looked it up a few time. Most of the regulations are federal, so it doesn't matter where you are. For a small operation like mine, the licenses were prohibitively expensive, and you have to have a separate facility to process the birds. It can't be done in your own kitchen. You also need to undergo inspections, how often depends on a few factors.

If you have enough volume to justify the licensing, you might look into a share kitchen. That's where several people pay for a federally inspected kitchen to do their processing in.