complying with state regulations

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Lance Howard

Mar 23, 2011 @ 03:32 PM

Must locallygrown.nets comply with the same regulations as farmers markets or can we claim are customers are purchasing on-farm? SC just passed a law that classifies honey as a processed food requiring a certified kitchen. Other regulations restrict small egg and dairy producers as well as prepared (dried) foods and herbs.

  1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Eric Wagoner on Mar 23, 2011 @ 08:10 PM

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    Unless your pickup location is on the farm, or your local regulations allow for off-farm sites to count as on-farm, I'd think you'd have a hard time defending following rules for on-farm sales.

    I run my market like it's a farmers market, which it most closely resembles, and make sure all the growers meet the proper rules before putting their products up for sale.

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