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My wife makes and sells dog and cat "cookies" at craft fairs, farmers markets, festivals....you know, the weirdo vendors that travel the state like gypsies.
People wonder why people hate the government. I had no idea about this and it’s nuts. There are many things you can make in your home and sell to humans without getting permitted from the state.My wife makes and sells dog and cat "cookies" at craft fairs, farmers markets, festivals....you know, the weirdo vendors that travel the state like gypsies.
So get this.......
If you sell human cookies for human children, there are very few rules.
But, NY considers little cookies made with literally human food....flour, almond flour, baby food......but made specifically for dogs, animal feed.
So, for every flavor she needs to have a company do nutrient tests and they must be labeled on the bag.
Then NYS wants $100 a year for each flavor, size and shape. If she makes ONE batter but makes it into 2 shapes and sells them in 2 sized bags (4oz & 1lb), that's $400 a year for one flavor of dog treats. She makes 6-10 flavors in 2 size bags, but each flavor is one size and shape to save money. So, you get the same size treat for your Chihuahua as for your Great Dane. This alone has lost customers. Again, NYS wants $100 for each shape....made with the same dough.....from the same exact batch.
Again, for human children, no nutritional information and no $100 a year for anything.
These cookies are $8 for 2 dozen little dog treats. They are NOT considered animal feed in any other state. NY is the ONLY state that considers dog TREATS as "animal feed".
As a veterinarian, I have a bit of knowledge about feed vs treats!
Now get this, if the dog cookies are made in another state, you don't need to pay NYS a cent. You still need the nutritional info to sell in NY, which is a one time $75 per flavor payment to a private lab of your choice unless you change ingredients.
This year we rented a kitchen in PA, about 15 miles from our house. This will save us about $3500 that NYS has got from us for 4 years.
Luckily she makes several thousand dollars a week from May-November when the vendor season is.
Sorry for the rant.
Does she have to comply with FSMA and all that fun shit?My wife makes and sells dog and cat "cookies" at craft fairs, farmers markets, festivals....you know, the weirdo vendors that travel the state like gypsies.
So get this.......
If you sell human cookies for human children, there are very few rules.
But, NY considers little cookies made with literally human food....flour, almond flour, baby food......but made specifically for dogs, animal feed.
So, for every flavor she needs to have a company do nutrient tests and they must be labeled on the bag.
Then NYS wants $100 a year for each flavor, size and shape. If she makes ONE batter but makes it into 2 shapes and sells them in 2 sized bags (4oz & 1lb), that's $400 a year for one flavor of dog treats. She makes 6-10 flavors in 2 size bags, but each flavor is one size and shape to save money. So, you get the same size treat for your Chihuahua as for your Great Dane. This alone has lost customers. Again, NYS wants $100 for each shape....made with the same dough.....from the same exact batch.
Again, for human children, no nutritional information and no $100 a year for anything.
These cookies are $8 for 2 dozen little dog treats. They are NOT considered animal feed in any other state. NY is the ONLY state that considers dog TREATS as "animal feed".
As a veterinarian, I have a bit of knowledge about feed vs treats!
Now get this, if the dog cookies are made in another state, you don't need to pay NYS a cent. You still need the nutritional info to sell in NY, which is a one time $75 per flavor payment to a private lab of your choice unless you change ingredients.
This year we rented a kitchen in PA, about 15 miles from our house. This will save us about $3500 that NYS has got from us for 4 years.
Luckily she makes several thousand dollars a week from May-November when the vendor season is.
Sorry for the rant.
Correct. Anything with weed in it is t considered food. So edibles in NYS and weed brownies aren’t food.
