A Republican-authored bill could negatively affect at-home food producers as it would set an annual revenue limit, the Cap Times reports.
The state has various laws regarding at-home food production. A judge ruled about a decade ago that at-home bakers could sell goods out of their home kitchens without a commercial license.
In 2009, a bill was signed into law that allowed producers of canned goods to sell up to $5,000 worth of canned products.
The new bill would revise existing laws to allow for non-baked goods to be sold out of the home, but caps annual revenue at $40,000.
Jobea Murray, board president of the Wisconsin Cottage Food Association and an at-home baker, told the Cap Times the annual limit is too low for cottage bakers.
The bill would also install two levels of producers. Small producers are those who sell under $10,000 a year, and cottage producers who sell up to $40,000 per year.
