![]() ![]() If you go to the website for New York State Agriculture and Markets at and do a search for Home Processors, you will find the list of what is allowable. For certain items you can use your regular home kitchen. Call the Agriculture and Markets Food Safety office in Newburgh at (845) 220-2047 and describe what it is you are thinking of producing and find out the basic requirements. Stay aware of possible contradictory information though it is all there, occasionally it can be a slippery slope.īesides a clear concept and your recipes, you need a kitchen. ![]() Read carefully about the food regulations, permits, food safety and labeling requirements that are necessary and different for each state and sometimes for each county. Also, the New York Small Food Processors’ Association ( ) has good guidelines. Its website,, takes you through some of the process. One of the first places to check out is the Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship at Cornell University. As Robert Gropper of My Brother Bobby’s Salsa in Poughkeepsie said, “It’s not an easy path with a direct route.” He has found, being in business since 1993, that “about every two months someone calls to see how to get into the business.” ![]() Have you ever thought about making and selling that special dish or condiment or baked good that everyone you know begs you to make over and over? Do you have what it takes to be a food entrepreneur, autonomous and self-employed? If you think all you need to do is put on a white jacket and go for it, you’ll be in for some surprises. ![]()
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