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
"Adobe Acrobat Reader" (its painless), click on the icon below.
Click here for the main website of the
Tn. Dept
of Agriculture and this is the
.PDF file
that governs the commercial home kitchens.
http://tennessee.gov/sos/rules/0080/0080-04/0080-04-11.pdf
"The"
person to contact regarding specific details and questions is:
Additional
contacts: UT Knoxville
Nancy Austin in the Department of Food Science and Technology
865-974-7717
Dr. P. Michael Davidson, Professor and Head, Department of Food Science and Technology,
865-974-7331, pmdavidson@utk.edu
865-974-7274, fathc@utk.edu