South Carolina's home-based food law lets you make and sell non-potentially hazardous foods from your home with no permit, license, or inspection, as long as each package carries the required state disclosure label.
Cottage food in Charleston County is governed by state law, SC Code 44-1-143. A home-based food production operation is an individual operating out of their dwelling who prepares, packages, and distributes non-potentially hazardous foods (such as baked goods and candies) for sale directly to consumers, including online and by mail, or to retail and grocery stores. No DHEC permit, license, or food-safety course is required. Every product must carry a conspicuous label with the mandated statement. Potentially hazardous foods that need refrigeration are not allowed under this law.
Selling foods outside the non-potentially-hazardous scope, or failing to label as required, removes the exemption and subjects the operation to DHEC retail food regulation and enforcement.
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