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Post by bullfrog on Oct 25, 2023 6:51:24 GMT -5
…. as complicated as they seem to be? If I’m reading the regs right, if the average Joe wanted to go castnet some mullet, smoke them, and sell them, he’d need a commercial license, a retail license, and register your boat as commercial. Anyone have any real life experience doing this?
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Post by flconch53 on Oct 25, 2023 11:17:25 GMT -5
A seafood products license also
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Post by tankered on Oct 25, 2023 14:06:52 GMT -5
Also, if you're selling smoked mullet that's a prepared food product so there's probably going to be even more layers of red tape.
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Post by tonyroma on Oct 25, 2023 14:59:52 GMT -5
Don’t sell mullet, sell tickets that can be traded in for smoked mullet?
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Post by cadman on Oct 25, 2023 15:58:03 GMT -5
Plus whatever rules the county health department has regarding food preparation. You would most likely need a commercial 3-compartment sink on all faucet
That is actually the easy part. The real pain in the ass is the inspector coming by every 3 to 6 months bitching about every minor thing. sometimes he even comes up with something new that was never an issue before.
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Post by bswiv on Oct 25, 2023 17:46:06 GMT -5
One of the reasons we shucked the seafood business after 35 years was the regulations.
Trust me on this......it ain't worth the effort.
Which is EXACTLY what the big food conglomerates want, regulations that eliminate the little guy.
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Post by cadman on Oct 25, 2023 19:16:07 GMT -5
I have no idea about the seafood business, but due to food delivery becoming big business, a lot of restaurant guys went to just kitchens with no dining, all delivery. This brought in the concept of renting kitchen space in a kitchen warehouse type building.
People order your food you prepare and cook, but just rent the portion of the kitchen you need. The owners handle permitting and such related to the kitchen and you just get your business license.
Pretty neat concept. Makes it easier for small operator who doesn't have the capital to run a full restaurant.
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Post by richm on Oct 27, 2023 15:43:43 GMT -5
Where is Art when you need him?
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Post by pinman on Oct 30, 2023 21:49:41 GMT -5
My Dads grove foreman used to sell Raccoons he'd shoot to the grove workers. Had to leave one foot intact to prove they werent gettin a cat. There were probably regulations that should have been involved but it was just a simple transaction among acquaintances and by word of mouth.......
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Post by richm on Nov 1, 2023 7:51:34 GMT -5
What I want to know is why if someone can catch fish, why the first thing they want to do is sell the fish. Why does everything turn into a money grab?
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Post by 4ward on Nov 2, 2023 12:00:47 GMT -5
My Dads grove foreman used to sell Raccoons he'd shoot to the grove workers. Had to leave one foot intact to prove they werent gettin a cat. There were probably regulations that should have been involved but it was just a simple transaction among acquaintances and by word of mouth....... We sold them the same way to a local meat market when I was in high school. $5 a piece. I learned many years later that my future FIL sold mullet to the same meat market on occasion. Mid 80’s. Things were different then. Probably still not legal but nobody gave a shit.
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Post by stc1993 on Nov 5, 2023 15:30:30 GMT -5
My mother's boyfriend did the same with rabbits $1 each back in the 60s. He was a block mason back when they were building houses for Cape Canaveral.
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Post by misterjr on Nov 18, 2023 17:50:21 GMT -5
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Post by anumber1 on Nov 25, 2023 16:28:49 GMT -5
late to this..
1. SPL (saltwater products license) with an RS (restricted species endorsment). 2. state seafood wholesale and retail products license and registered with the FWRI trip tickets program. you have to sell you catch to yourself (wholesale) and generate a trip ticket, then sell your catch back to your retail and generate a receipt.
3. Some type of Fl dept of Ag, license/inspections to clean/prepare/cook your fish (prolly fall under HACCP regs). 4. County retail/occupational license..
I hold all the three product licenses in order to sell live blue crabs to the public. I do not prepare product for sale, cleaned or cooked
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Post by whitebacon on Jan 24, 2024 10:50:51 GMT -5
Finally!!!!.....took a whole thread to explain why I moved away!!!!!!
It's a horrible country when you have to get a permission slip to take a shit in your own bathroom
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