IL HB4851

Amends the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act to expand home kitchen operations beyond non-potentially hazardous baked goods to allow production of homemade food and drink under specified conditions.

Requires home kitchen operations to register or obtain permits from local health departments, with annual revenues capped at $250,000 and supervision by a certified food protection manager.

Mandates prepackaged products with prominent labeling including operation name, registration number, ingredients, allergen information, processing date, and a disclaimer that the product was produced in a non-inspected home kitchen that may process common allergens.

Restricts home kitchen operations from selling alcoholic beverages, milk products, raw shellfish, low-acid canned foods, and requires selling only ready-to-eat food directly to consumers through farmers' markets, fairs, online sales, or delivery services.

Directs the Department of Public Health to adopt food safety rules by July 1, 2023 that are feasible for ordinary home kitchens and limits inspections to pre-operational, complaint investigations, and foodborne illness outbreak investigations; preempts home rule authority over home kitchen operations.