Illinois Statutes Chapter 410. Public Health § 625/3.6. Home kitchen operation

(a) For the purpose of this Section, “home kitchen operation” means a person who produces or packages non-potentially hazardous baked goods, as allowed by subsection (a-5), in a kitchen of that person's primary domestic residence for direct sale by the owner or a family member. A home kitchen operation does not include a person who produces or packages non-potentially hazardous baked goods for sale by a religious, charitable, or nonprofit organization for fundraising purposes; the production or packaging of non-potentially hazardous baked goods for these purposes is exempt from the requirements of this Act. The following conditions must be met in order to qualify as a home kitchen operation:

(a-5) Baked goods, such as, but not limited to, breads, cookies, cakes, pies, and pastries are allowed. Only high-acid fruit pies that use the following fruits are allowed: apple, apricot, grape, peach, plum, quince, orange, nectarine, tangerine, blackberry, raspberry, blueberry, boysenberry, cherry, cranberry, strawberry, red currants, or a combination of these fruits.

(b) The Department of Public Health or the health department of a unit of local government may inspect a home kitchen operation in the event of a complaint or disease outbreak.

(c) The requirements of this Section apply only to a home kitchen operation located in a municipality, township, or county where the local governing body having the jurisdiction to enforce this Act or the rules adopted under this Act has adopted an ordinance authorizing home kitchen operations.