Ask HN: Starting a drink business.
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For god's sake, lawyer up.
I don't even want to think about the liability you're walking into if you're not careful.
Is there some reason you don't want to try to sell the recipe to established firms who already have the infrastructure in place?
I don't even want to think about the liability you're walking into if you're not careful.
Is there some reason you don't want to try to sell the recipe to established firms who already have the infrastructure in place?
The first thing you'll want to look at is HAACP, which is required by the US FDA for certain types of food (amongst them, juices, which your product may fall in to). There are likely other laws covering labelling - you may have to pay a laboratory to analyse the product for energy & fat content, sodium, sugars etc.
Have a look at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazard_Analysis_and_Critical_Co...
and: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrition_facts_label#United_St...
There's probably other things too
(Disclaimer: I'm Australian, and not an expert in these things)
Have a look at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazard_Analysis_and_Critical_Co...
and: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrition_facts_label#United_St...
There's probably other things too
(Disclaimer: I'm Australian, and not an expert in these things)
We plan on selling 50 ml bottles (about 2 oz) to local health markets to begin with, and see how things go from there.
What I want to know is this: what do I need to know about US health and food regulation before I get into this? I'm literally going to be preparing and bottling this in my kitchen for a while and selling directly to these local markets when I start out. Is there anything I should I be aware of before I start that would have the power to stop me?
EDIT: Starting out, it looks like I will be using these bottles: http://www.sks-bottle.com/340c/fin14e.html. Good enough, or will I need something better? (in terms of being able to preserve the contents?)