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Commerical Kitchen Info.

A lot of confusion seems to exist about "Approved Domestic Home Kitchens" in the
local area with regards to sales of processed/canned goods at the Farmers Market(s). This page will hopefully help in this area by providing  Point of Contacts, Phone Numbers AND link(s) to the Tn Dept of Ag. and to the current rules governing these domestic facilities. If any person has additional information or learns of other pertinent information, please contact us and we will update this sheet.

The downloadable files are in  .PDF format and will require you download
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Domestic Kitchen Tennessee Food

Safety Certification
This law has been in effect for 2 years now and I have a feeling that more TDA inspections are forthcoming in the next year.
 

A NEW Domestic Class is scheduled for July 13, 2010 in Jackson, Tn
click this link to get the full PDF file

 

Click here for the main website of the Tn. Dept of Agriculture and this is the  .PDF file
that governs the commercial home kitchens.
"The" person to contact regarding specific details and questions is:

John W. Sanford
Food Manufacturing Administrator
Regulatory Services/Food and Dairy Section
Tennessee Department of Agriculture
Desk - 615-837-5534
Fax - 615-837-5005
email - john.sanford@state.tn.us

Additional contacts:

UT Dept of Food Science and Technology
Morris, William C. ,Professor
Fruit & Vegetable Products
101 McLeod Food Sciences Building
Knoxville, TN 37996-4539
(865) 974-7334
wcmorris@tennessee.edu
 
 Philip M. Davidson, Professor
Divisions - Extension Service, Experiment Station
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Department - Food Science and Technology
Specialty - Food Microbiology
101 Food Safety and Processing Building
2605 River Drive
Knoxville , TN 37996-4591
Phone : (865) 974-0098
Email : pmdavidson@utk.edu
Website : http://foodscience.utk.edu/faculty/v.php?u=pdavids1
(gives a good background of the Professor)