Connections Food Safety Webinar - 'The Fine Print' Registrations, Exemptions and Licensing
Video from NC State Extension. Watch on YouTube.
What you'll get
Three NC State Extension staff cover who must register or get licensed: Elena Rogers on farms and FDA's produce safety rule, Kate Nicholas on FDA food facility registration (free, renewed in even-numbered years, with exemptions for home processors and most farmers market sales direct to shoppers) and Mary Yavelak on retail kitchens that need a variance from the state food code. A packaged-food maker mainly needs Nicholas's segment, from about minute 14 to minute 24, which ends with the state licenses for dairy, cheese, butter and frozen desserts.
Do this week
Write down where you will make your product and whether most of your sales will go to shoppers or to businesses, then check your answers against the webinar's list of who is exempt from FDA registration.