Has anyone ever told you that your homemade jelly or salsa or other canned food is so delicious that you should sell it? In some cases, this is legal, but in other cases, it is not. In Kansas any canned goods sold to grocery stores or other distributors, or products sold across state lines, require a food processor’s license and cannot be produced in a regular home kitchen.
In Kansas, fruit jams, jellies and canned fruits sold directly to consumers, such as a farmers market or at a craft show, do not require a license and can be made in a home kitchen. Selling other canned products, such as sauerkraut, pickles, canned vegetable and most salsas, does require a license and cannot be made at home. For more information on Kansas regulations for selling canned foods is available at http://www.bookstore.ksre.ksu.edu/pubs/MF3138.pdf
By: Ashley Svaty
