ELIZABETH – New Jersey bakers are suing the state in order to change a law that prevents the sale of homemade baked goods. New Jersey law prohibits home bakers from selling goods made in their own kitchens. The goods have to be made in commercial kitchens. New Jersey is currently the only state with this law….
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CBS – Confection Controversy: NJ Moms Sue For Right To Sell Home-Baked Goods
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Food and Wine – New Jersey Lawsuit Hopes to End America’s Last Ban on Selling Homemade Baked Goods
Earlier this year, New Jersey became the last remaining state in the U.S. to ban the sale of homemade baked goods without a license. The Garden State earned that distinction in May when a judge struck down a similar ban in Wisconsin, a ruling that was clarified in October to let all Wisconsinites know they could start selling baked goods…
Associated Press: Lawsuit cooked up over New Jersey’s home baked goods ban
Home bakers in New Jersey say their brownies and muffins are perfectly safe and they should be able to sell them, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday seeking to strike down the country’s only ban on the sale of homemade baked goods. The New Jersey Home Bakers Association sued the state’s health department over rules…
The Wall Street Journal – Don’t Even Think About Selling Grandma’s Homemade Cookies
New Jersey should follow Michigan, California and Texas in lifting its ban on home bakeries. By ERICA JEDYNAK and HEATHER RUSSINKO New Jersey politicians like to talk about finding a recipe for job creation and economic growth. If they’re serious, one place to start is to take the lid off a bill that’s been simmering in the…
Associated Press – Home bakers fighting for right to sell goods — again
Republican Sen. Christopher “Kip” Bateman, who introduced the measure, said that the businesses are working on such a small level and would be restricted in what they could sell — nothing that needs to be refrigerated, for instance — that he doesn’t see them as competition. “New Jersey is expensive enough. To give people an…
Lehigh Valley Live – New Jersey Assembly passes bill in hopes of legalizing sale of home-baked goods
“In today’s difficult economy, it’s important that we look for opportunities to help people supplement their incomes,” McHose says in a news release. “This is a simple, common-sense solution as it will allow individuals to earn extra money through the sale of their home-baked goods at places such as craft shows, fairs, farm markets and…