Comments on: How do I start a home-based cookie business?

By: Ed Atun

Ed Atun — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:05:59 +0000

You can bake your cookies at home; then deliver them to nearby office buildings in your "goodie" basket. You can time it so that you hit them when they are the most hungry. The offices will welcome you. If you keep it small, the city or county will not be too strict with you. If you start making thousands of cookies and hire more people to deliver them, you will face stricter rules. For right now, just start baking..
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By: ibu guru

ibu guru — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:28:59 +0000

Your state and local Board of Health have plenty to say about this, and none of it good. Your kitchen has to pass inspection. Without that certification from the board of health, you are not doing anything at all.
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By: shiprepairwoman

shiprepairwoman — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:51:59 +0000

You probably can’t. Your kitchen needs to be approved and so health inspectors come anytime for a commercial kitchen. They aren’t likely to allow commercial cooking in the home. You will probably need TB tested and to pass a quiz on food handling safety. Your homeowners insurance won’t allow it either, what if someone died from your cookies?
I know you don’t think they could but if you made peanut butter cookies and other kinds a tiny bit of peanut could get into your other cookies and someone die.
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