NJG
01-10-2016, 02:08 PM
I'm looking for some opinions from small operations in WI as to their experience with state and federal registrations/inspections. Right now we boil under a pavilion style woodshed at a remote cabin on the weekends. We finish and bottle at home in the kitchen which is a couple hours away. Any water we have at the cabin we haul from home, although a well is not out of the question. We don't make anywhere near enough to sell, but someday (5 to 10 years) I'd like to be able to make enough to pay for costs and maybe a little property taxes. If I'm going to spend money on this madness I call a hobby in order to sell syrup, I want to make sure I'm spending it in the right places. I can't imagine ever selling more than $5K in sales and have no intention to sell bulk. I'm looking to sell direct with friends and family. The folks I have talked to at DATCP have been great, but I get different opinions each time I call.
1.) Do I even need to worry about inspections under these circumstances?
2.) Anyone have an inspection when boiling under a roof, but out in the open?
3.) Has anyone had success turning a garage into a finishing and bottling room?
4.) Is a concrete floor mandatory in the evaporator "room" or will gravel work?
5.) Can you have a registered facility where you boil in one location and finish in another?
Thanks for any input you may have.
1.) Do I even need to worry about inspections under these circumstances?
2.) Anyone have an inspection when boiling under a roof, but out in the open?
3.) Has anyone had success turning a garage into a finishing and bottling room?
4.) Is a concrete floor mandatory in the evaporator "room" or will gravel work?
5.) Can you have a registered facility where you boil in one location and finish in another?
Thanks for any input you may have.