Who needs a license at the Farmer’s Market?
- Chef/cooking demonstrators that give out samples from their booth
- A person purchasing fruit, vegetables , eggs (not of their own production) to sell.
- A person purchasing other processed food items (not made by them) to sell (such as cider, baked goods, jams, etc..)
- Food service must have a license from the local health dept (immediate consumption)
- Vendors cutting melons at the market, for samples or sale
No food license needed at the market for food vendor, if:
- Sell whole uncut produce of their own production (fruits & vegetables)
- Sell non-food items (sales tax may be required)
- Are licensed at a facility where they make the product (jams/jelly sect..)
Licensed at processing location:
- Untreated cider
- Chicken that they raise themselves
- Maple syrup
- Eggs
- washed
- candled
- graded
- sized
- new cartons & labeled - Honey
- Jams & Jellies
- Baked goods
- pies
-bread
-cookies, etc.
Temperature Control:
- Eggs – 45°F or lower
- Cut melons – 41°F or lower
- Keep refrigerated items – 41°F or lower
- Frozen items – 0°F (zero degrees) or lower
- Cider – 41°F or lower
2 responses so far ↓
1 Jim Rosenberger // Jul 19, 2011 at 6:57 pm
Dear Lori,
I called earlier today & left you a message. I just checked out your website. And for me it is kinda unclear weather or not that I need a license. I see written above under the question of who needs a license at the farmers market. And the 3rd one down reads: A person purchasing other processed foods (not made by them) to sell ( such as cider, baked goods, jams, etc.) Well, I make my baked goods here in my own home, homemade. I do not purchase processed foods. So by reading that I am still a bit confused. I’d really like to be there this Saturday if I could. If I need a license I wont be able to afford that. Please let me know as soon as you can, so that I could start baking. You can either email me or call my cell 616-272-0298. Thank you very much for your time, Jim
2 Lori // Jul 20, 2011 at 12:19 pm
Jim ,
I’m sorry I never received a message, my machine must have lost you.
In the rules under required liability insurance it states home baked or home prepared foods can not be sold.
The other sentance is refering to processed foods.
All vendors selling consumable products must have an accord 25 form nameing the city of muskegon farmers market as additionally insured. Lori
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