Mankato, Minn. (3/11/19) — Do you make the best homemade bread, home canned pickles or
cookies? Consider selling your product as a Minnesota Cottage Food producer. Join University
of Minnesota Extension Food Safety Educator, Kathy Brandt at the Keep it Legal! Keep it Safe
Cottage Food Producer class in Mankato on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 from 1:00-5:00 p.m., U
of M Extension Regional Office. The class meets the Minnesota Department of Agriculture food
safety training requirements to register as a Minnesota Cottage Food Producer to sell homemade
baked goods, candy, home-canned peaches, pickles, salsa, jam and jellies and more.
The course focuses on food safety practices for all processes covered under the Cottage Food
Law including drying, baking, confections, jams and jellies, acid and acidified fruit and
vegetables, and fermentation. Participants learn how to produce, package, label, store, and
transport a safe food product. Wonder if your product is an allowable non-potentially hazardous
food? Bring it along to the class and have it tested to see if it meets exemption requirements
under the Cottage Food Law.
Registration and $50/person class fee is required. To register go to
https://extension.umn.edu/courses-and-events/cottage-food-producer-food-safety-training . For
more information contact, Karla at (507) 337-2808 or engel114@umn.edu .
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Kathy Brandt, Extension food safety educator, brand030@umn.edu , (507) 337-2820, U of M
Extension Regional Office, Marshall
