"Emmie" > wrote in message
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>I have an onion sauce recipe that i would like use to Jar and sell.
> Can anyone give me some advice as to what i need to do, to make this
> happen? Do i have to patent the recipe first? Register the Trademark
> etc., or if you could tell me who to contact to make this happen, any
> good sound advice would be greatly appreciated... thank you!

1. Check with the USDA and make sure that the recipe you use is safe for the
canning method you pick: http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/ You might want to come
visit us on the rec.food.preserving newsgroup. Check out our FAQ at
http://rfpfaq.jaclu.com/rfpFAQ.htm regarding preserving issues.
2. Check with the local and state health departments to find applicable laws
both for food production and business enterprises. Here in my end of Texas,
residential producers may not sell. Except at a registered Farmers' Market.
In New Mexico, only high acid foods (below 4.6pH) may be home produced and
sold. And that's just a beginning.
See ya.
Edrena