Ohio Code 3715.023 – Labels for cottage food production operation, processor, or beekeeper
(A) A cottage food production operation and a maple syrup or sorghum processor and beekeeper described in division (A) of section 3715.021 of the Revised Code shall label each of their food products and include the following information on the label of each of their food products:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3715.023
- Cottage food production operation: means a person who, in the person's home, produces food items that are not potentially hazardous foods, including bakery products, jams, jellies, candy, fruit butter, and similar products specified in rules adopted pursuant to section 3715. See Ohio Code 3715.01
- Food: means :
(a) Articles used for food or drink for humans or animals;
(b) Chewing gum;
(c) Articles used for components of any such articles. See Ohio Code 3715.01
- Home: means the primary residence occupied by the residence's owner, on the condition that the residence contains only one stove or oven used for cooking, which may be a double oven, designed for common residence usage and not for commercial usage, and that the stove or oven be operated in an ordinary kitchen within the residence. See Ohio Code 3715.01
- Label: means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container, exclusive of package liners, of any article. See Ohio Code 3715.01
(1) The name and address of the business of the cottage food production operation, processor, or beekeeper;
(2) The name of the food product;
(3) The ingredients of the food product, in descending order of predominance by weight;
(4) The net weight and volume of the food product;
(5) In the case of a cottage food production operation, the following statement in ten-point type: “This product is home produced.”
(B) Food products identified and labeled in accordance with division (A) of this section are acceptable food products that a retail food establishment or food service operation licensed under Chapter 3717 of the Revised Code may offer for sale or use in preparing and serving food.