Selling homemade baked goods can lead to 6 months in jail and $1,000 fine – IOTW Report

Selling homemade baked goods can lead to 6 months in jail and $1,000 fine

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Reason: As preposterous as it may sound, in Wisconsin you can go to jail and face hefty fines for selling homemade baked goods.

Wisconsin is one of only two states to ban entrepreneurs from selling cookies, muffins and breads simply because they are made in a home kitchen.

“That means that even if you sell one cookie at a farmers market, to your neighbor, somewhere in your community, you can go to jail for up to six months or even be fined up to $1,000. That’s not only unfair, it’s unconstitutional,” attorney Erica Smith told Wisconsin Watchdog Wednesday on the Vicki McKenna Show, on NewsTalk 1310 WIBA.

Smith is with the Institute for Justice, a nonprofit law firm that “fights against unreasonable government restrictions on individuals’ economic liberty,” according to the Virginia organization’s website.  MORE

13 Comments on Selling homemade baked goods can lead to 6 months in jail and $1,000 fine

  1. Left-over Progressive Economics. Another law the state needs to get rid of.
    Of course, it’s because the lawyers know they can’t get squat from Ma Kettle if she bakes deadly cookies, but if Waffle House….

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