137D.2 Licenses and inspections.

1. A person shall not open or operate a home bakery until a license has been obtained from the department of inspections and appeals. The department shall collect a fee of fifty dollars for a license. After collection, the fees shall be deposited in the general fund of the state. A license shall expire one year from date of issue. A license is renewable.

2. A person shall not sell or distribute from a home bakery if the home bakery is unlicensed, the license of the home bakery is suspended, or the food fails to meet standards adopted for such food by the department.

3. An application for a license under this chapter shall be made upon a form furnished by the department and shall contain the items required by it according to rules adopted by the department.

4. The department shall regulate, license, and inspect home bakeries according to standards adopted by rule.

5. The department shall provide for the periodic inspection of a home bakery. The inspector may enter the home bakery at any reasonable hour to make the inspection. The department shall inspect only those areas related to preparing food for sale.

6. The department shall regulate and inspect food prepared at a home bakery according to standards adopted by rule. The inspection may occur at any place where the prepared food is created, transported, or stored for sale or resale.

88 Acts, ch 1220, §8

C89, §170C.2

C91, §137D.2

2007 Acts, ch 215, §209; 2016 Acts, ch 1086, §4; 2018 Acts, ch 1144, §4, 16

2018 amendment to subsection 1 effective January 1, 2019; 2018 Acts, ch 1144, §16

Subsection 1 amended