(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
HOME KITCHEN OPERATION.
(a) A person who produces or packages non-potentially hazardous food in a kitchen of that person’s primary domestic residence for direct sale by the owner or a family member, or for sale by a religious, charitable or non-profit organization, stored in the residence where the food is made.
(b) The following conditions must be met in order to qualify as a home kitchen operation:
1. Monthly gross sales do not exceed $1,000;
2. The food is not a potentially hazardous baked food, as defined in 410 ILCS 625/4; and
3. A notice is provided to the purchaser that the product was produced in a home kitchen.
(B) The Department of Public Health or the health department of a unit of local government may inspect a home kitchen operation in the event of a complaint or disease outbreak.
(C) This section applies only to a home kitchen operation located in a municipality, township or county where the local governing body has adopted an ordinance authorizing the direct sale of baked goods as described in 410 ILCS 625/4.
(D) Effective July 7, 2014, the organizations listed above shall have the right to sell items pursuant to said statute.
(E) The county shall have discretion to add or remove listed organizations permitted to sell such goods.
(Res. eff. 7-7-2014)