§ 21a-62d — Limitation on total annual gross sales. Direct sale to consumer. Authorized food products. Display of license.

(a) Total annual gross sales for a cottage food operation shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars per calendar year. If annual gross sales exceed the maximum annual gross sales amount allowed, the cottage food operation shall either obtain a food manufacturing establishment license or cease operations. The commissioner may request documentation to verify the annual gross sales figure of any cottage food operation. (b) Products produced by a cottage food operation shall be sold directly to the consumer. Direct sales at point of production, farmers markets, local fairs and festivals, and charitable organization functions are permitted. Advertising and sales by Internet, mail and phone are permissible, provided the cottage food operator or their designee shall deliver, in person, to the customer within the state. No such operation shall engage in consignment or wholesale sales. The following additional locational sales by any such cottage food operation shall be prohibited: (1) Grocery stores; (2) restaurants; (3) long-term care facilities; (4) group homes; (5) day care facilities; and (6) schools. A cottage food operation may not operate as a food service establishment, a retail establishment engaged in the sale of food, a food manufacturing establishment, as defined in section 21a-151 , or a food warehouse, as defined in section 21a-151 . (c) A cottage food operation may only produce those specific food products listed on its license. (d) Any such license shall be displayed at every location where the operation's cottage food products are sold.

Legislative History

(P.A. 18-141, S. 15; P.A. 22-8, S. 1.) History: P.A. 22-8 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing cap on total annual gross sales for a cottage food operation from $25,000 to $50,000 per calendar year.