I posted a response to this question, I thought, yesterday, but it seems to have not registered, so I will try and answer again.

The short answer to your question is...

No, legally you cannot do this from home.

BUT...

You can build yourself a separate kitchen in your home that is used solely for this purpose. It will need to be registered and inspected and you will have to abide by your local and State laws about home businesses, but in this way, you can work from home.

The next thing that you need to know is that by marketing these products on the internet you automatically become subject to International marketing rules for baby food products.

To begin with, baby food is the most controlled and monitored section the FDA deals with. You're asking for a packet of rules and regulations to follow, ALL of which, I might add, you are liable to KNOW and ABIDE by, even if there is no "checklist" anywhere available (not even on the FDA website) to help you figure out what all those rules and regulations are.

I recommend that, if you really want to do this, you first contact your local business development center and see how they can help you.

Then, I recommend that you find out all the rules and regulations that the FDA have that apply to baby food. And when you think you've found all of them, look again five more times just to be sure that you've found them all.

If you have any specific questions that have to do with international food manufacture, distributing and marketing, feel free to post them, I can probably save you some steps and headaches going forward.

That said... I recommend that you put your "internet" sales idea on hold for the moment and take a look at developing your local market first. It is a lot less expensive and the rules and regulations are a lot less extensive.

The main reason I say this, is because I have been in business for four full years, I tell about 300,000 people a year to my website, and my sales, while steady and increasing, are still not enough to live off of, even as a part-time income.

From a quick google, this: http://www.homemadebaby.com/ seems to be your only "internet" competition. As you can see, their site is for information, not sales as they sell locally. You might want to contact them (assuming you are in a different geographical location and not their immediate competition) and see if they can give you some advice. (You'd be surprised at how helpful some people can be, all you have to do is ask).

Good luck with it and let me know if I can help.

Tina Brooks, VP Marketing
Brooks Pepperfire Foods, Inc.
Makers of Peppermaster Hot Sauces
http://www.peppermaster.com

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