Freshly made food sold on FB marketplace

[Anonymous]

I get the best sourdough from marketplace.

[Anonymous]

Many make food and sell out of their home. They are not using commercial kitchens.

Many make cakes, cookies, Mexican and Indian food. It’s cheaper. Is it clean? I don’t know. I wouldn’t do it. That’s me. No one has died.

Take you chances and live on the edge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get the best sourdough from marketplace.

Will have to look for this, sourdough is a fave.

[Anonymous]

Some of the best tamales and pupusas I've ever had have come from a woman on Facebook Marketplace. They are delicious!

[Anonymous]

Here is Maryland law:

https://health.maryland.gov/phpa/OEHFP/OFPCHS/Documents/MDH%20Cottage%20Food%20Businesses_March_2025_FINAL%20(1).pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure most if not all sellers are not using a licensed commercial kitchen. They are probably using their own kitchen, where they let their cat jump all over the counters and sample the food. It's really unhygenic

You have a vivid imagination.

[Anonymous]

So gross. I would never purchase food this way.

[Anonymous]

I've seen homemade goods sold at the Farners Market and nobody bats an eye. In fact, always long lines .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes it’s common practice to sell food on Facebook and it’s fine. Much cheaper than takeout too.

Do the sellers need to own any kind of license?

There's usually an exception in the law for "cottage" production. It varies by state, but most have it because of farmers and road side stands.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes it’s common practice to sell food on Facebook and it’s fine. Much cheaper than takeout too.

Do the sellers need to own any kind of license?

I thought they need to have a “cottage kitchen” license to sell food. This limits what they can sell be low risk and puts some other stipulations in place- but not as regulated as a commercial kitchen

[Anonymous]

What kind of homemade food?

Are they selling packaged, canned goods too?

[Anonymous]

This is OP and I am talking about Virginia. I love Indian food and I see a lot of postings for roti, samosa and curries. On one hand I want to buy, on the other hand I don't know if I should ask about their food license. I have read about cottage food laws in Virginia but it is not really clear what can be sold and what cannot when it comes to unbaked foods.

[Anonymous]

Who cares? This seems like a problem with the easy solution that if you don’t trust the food, you don’t need to buy it. Doesn’t bother me and I would happily eat it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP and I am talking about Virginia. I love Indian food and I see a lot of postings for roti, samosa and curries. On one hand I want to buy, on the other hand I don't know if I should ask about their food license. I have read about cottage food laws in Virginia but it is not really clear what can be sold and what cannot when it comes to unbaked foods.

You are placing much more faith in a license than you should.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t. Who knows if they have cats walking on their counters. I especially wouldn’t buy items with meat or that need special temperatures to be safe.