Small batch baked from scratch with love.
05/15/2023
Please help Effie's Cottage and many other small businesses across our state to continue to grow and provide you with fresh delicious homemade foods with new safety measures to protect our families.
Leave a comment in support for SB 829!
It will be heard by the House Public Health Committee on Monday, May 15!
SB 829 updates the Texas Cottage Food Law by:
- increasing the sales cap to $100,000 per year (from $50,000)
- making home addresses on labels optional with DSHS registration
- adding refrigerated baked goods like cheesecakes, custards, pumpkin pies, flan to the list of allowed foods
- allowing wholesale for cottage foods
- clarifying that cities and health departments may not require permits of cottage food producers
This bill will provide countless new opportunities for local entrepreneurs - please help!
WE NEED COMMENTS - leave a comment about how this bill would help you, or someone you love, so the Public Health committee knows it has public support!
Go to this link: https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c410
Fill out the contact information on top (this will NOT be published) then go to the bottom and select SB 829. You have a 3000 character limit, and this comment will be published with your name.
Those of you who have called your State Reps - call them again and ask them to co-author SB 829 - this is CRITICAL. Directions for calling your Rep are in the comments - have you called before? Call again! We need Reps to put their names on this to help push it through the House!
The purpose of this form is to aid Texas residents in electronically submitting public comments to House committees on measures or matters included on public hearing notices.
