Muskegon Farmers Market

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