Iowa Admin. Code r. 481-30.13 - Cottage food
(1) Cottage food
is exempt from all licensing, permitting, inspection, packaging, and labeling
laws of the state if the food complies with all of the following:
a. The food does not require time/temperature control
for safety. When it is not obvious whether a food requires time/temperature
control for safety, the food producer must provide documentation that a food
does not require time/temperature control for safety to the regulatory
authority upon request.
b. The food
is not a milk or milk product regulated under Iowa Code chapters 192 and
194.
c. The food is not a meat,
meat food product, poultry, or poultry food product regulated under Iowa Code
chapter 189A.
d. The food is not
unpasteurized fruit or vegetable juice.
e. The food is produced in a private
residence.
f. The food is sold and
delivered by the producer directly to the consumer.
g. The cottage food is labeled or affixed with the
following information:
(1) Information to
identify the name and address, phone number, or electronic mail address of the
person preparing the food.
(2) The
common name of the food.
(3) The
ingredients of the cottage food in descending order of predominance.
(4) The following statement: "This product
was produced at a residential property that is exempt from state licensing and
inspection."
(5) If the cottage
food contains one or more major food allergens, an additional allergen
statement identifying each major allergen contained in the food by the common
name of the allergen.
(6) If the
food is home-processed and contains home-canned pickles, vegetables, or fruits
permitted under this rule, the date that the food was processed and
canned.
h.
Home-processed and home-canned pickles, vegetables, or fruits sold under this
rule must comply with the following:
(1) Each
batch must be measured by a pH meter or a water activity meter and shall have a
finished equilibrium pH value of 4.60 or lower or a water activity value of
0.85 or less.
(2) Each container
that is sold or offered for sale must contain the date the food was processed
and canned.
i. The
cottage food producer must provide batch testing records to the regulatory
authority upon request, including at the point of sale.
j. Cottage food shall not be offered for sale in a
food establishment except in a temporary food establishment , provided that the
temporary food establishment is operated by the cottage food producer and the
cottage food is offered for sale in a packaged form and labeled in accordance
with paragraph 30.13(1)"g."
(2) Compliance with the cottage food exemption
provided in this rule does not represent compliance with federal law.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code chapter 137F as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts, House File 2431.
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