WHAT FACILITIES ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION?
• Private residences of individuals, even though food may be manufactured/processed, packed, or held there. • Non-bottled water drinking water collection and distribution establishments and structures, such as municipal water systems. • Transport vehicles that hold food only in the usual course of their business as carriers. • Farms, i.e., facilities in one general physical location devoted to the growing and harvesting of crops, the raising of animals (including seafood), or both. Washing, trimming of outer leaves, and cooling of produce are considered part of harvesting. The term “farm” also includes facilities that pack or hold food, provided that all food used in such activities is grown, raised, or consumed on that farm or another farm under the same ownership, and facilities that manufacture/process food, provided that all food used in such activities is consumed on that farm or another farm under the same ownership. A farm-operated roadside stand that sells food directly to cons
