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Unfortunately, most states restrict online sales under the cottage food law due to safety concerns. The article portraits a seller in West Virginia, and it was

by dakna 6y ago

Unfortunately, most states restrict online sales under the cottage food law due to safety concerns. The article portraits a seller in West Virginia, and it was just in 2019 that a change in their cottage food regulations made it possible to take online orders and ship food. I hope more states will take a look at this and check if this is a successful model they could apply too.

amelius 6y ago
How is it that companies like Uber and AirBnB can get away with breaking laws and ignoring regulations, while Etsy can't?
- loceng 6y ago
  Arguably it's safety related - arguably it's also food industrial complex actively suppressing it to prevent the competition.
  - Ow934 6y ago
    I would guess more of the latter.
michaelbrave 6y ago
California passes similar cottage food laws but the counties have been mostly fighting it. I had a friend try to do a startup to connect those who want to cook with those who wanted to buy but couldn't get much traction due to local city and county laws. After about a year he gave up on it.