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This bill would authorize a cottage food operation or microenterprise home kitchen operation to serve as a commissary or mobile support unit for up to 2 compact mobile food operations if the cottage food operation or microenterprise home kitchen operation permit includes an endorsement from the local enforcement agency that the cottage food operation or microenterprise home kitchen operation is capable of supporting the preparation and storage of the food being sold from the compact mobile food operation and the storage and cleaning of the compact mobile food operation. Read More
This bill would prohibit the issuance of a catering authorization for use at any one premises for more than 36 events in one calendar year, except as specified. READ MORE
This bill would prohibit a local authority, as defined, from regulating sidewalk vendors, except in accordance with the provisions of the bill. The bill would provide that a local authority is not required to adopt a new program to regulate sidewalk vendors if the local authority has established an existing program that substantially complies with the provisions of the bill. READ MORE
This bill would authorize the department, for a period of 365 days following the end of the state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor on March 4, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, to permit licensees to exercise license privileges in an expanded license area authorized pursuant to a COVID-19 Temporary Catering Authorization approved in accordance with the Fourth Notice of Regulatory Relief issued by the department, as specified. READ MORE
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 03, 2022
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 06, 2022
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION This bill would add acting as a cannabis caterer for a private event to the definition of commercial cannabis activity. READ MORE
This bill would, among other things, increase the maximum gross annual sales amount to $75,000 for a “Class A” cottage food operation and $150,000 for a “Class B” cottage food operation and would require that amount to be annually adjusted for inflation based on the California Consumer Price Index. READ MORE
This bill would define “limited food preparation” to include holding, portioning, and dispensing foods prepared by a catering operation. READ MORE
This bill would define “limited food preparation” to include holding, portioning, and dispensing foods prepared by a catering operation. READ MORE
Assembly Bill (AB) 626 authored by Assemblyman Garcia, Chapter 470, Statutes of 2018, was signed into law by Governor Brown on September 18, 2018; effective January 1, 2019. This bill amends the California Health and Safety Code to establish a “microenterprise home kitchen operation”, referred to as MEHKOs, as a new type of retail food facility that will allow an individual to operate a restaurant in their private residence. The new law also establishes requirements for “Internet Food Service Intermediary” (IFSI) entities, which provides a platform on its Internet Web site or mobile application, where a microenterprise home kitchen operation (MEHKO) can advertise food for sale. IFSIs are required to obtain a registration from the California Department of Public Health – Food and Drug Branch prior to advertising or promoting MEHKOs on their internet web site or mobile application. READ MORE
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