(WMOK) Metropolis, IL – Miranda Adams of Southern Seven Health recently joined WMOK for our Coffee Break program to educate food vendors and home cooks on S7HD guidelines.
Adams will give a public presentation in a question-and-answer discussion format at noon on Saturday, August 10, at Dorothy Miller Park in Metropolis, following the Metropolis and Massac County Farmers Market that day. Anyone interested in learning more about Cottage Food Licenses and other S7HD Food policies and courses can attend.
Adams told WMOK that she doesn’t want vendors at the market to worry about her presence, as her goal is to educate people and make them aware of the guidelines. She explained that enforcement of the guidelines – which she will talk about later in the presentation – will not be enforced at markets in her “jurisdiction” until the start of the 2025 farmers market season.
The learning session is free and the public is welcome to attend.
WMOK spoke with Miranda Adams of the Southern 7 Health Department for Coffee Break on Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
We discussed the following topics:
- Environmental health
- Nutrition programs
- What is a food cottage license?
- Who needs one?
- Contact your local health department
- Applications
- Courses and licenses
- Under cottage food – must be packaged
- Samples
- Costs for a Cottage Food License
- Higher risk items
- Eggs
- Labels
- Residence in the state
- Cooking on site
- Food truck
- Requirements
- What about meat sellers?
- Secondary seller
- Working for training
- Food Trucks/Vacation Home Licenses/Food Retail
- Preserved items
- Setting up an exhibition stand
- Come to the Farmers Market on August 10th
Listen to WMOK’s full Coffee Break with Miranda Adams below:
