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are clean, sanitary, and properly labeled; (2) all home processed foods
produced under this exemption are neither adulterated nor misbranded; and
(3) glass containers for jams, jellies, marmalades and similar products are
provided with suitable rigid metal covers. 26 This exemption is restricted to
the following non­potentially hazardous home processed foods:
1. Bakery products
2. Traditional fruit jams, jellies, and marmalades
3. Spices or herbs
4. Snack items such as popcorn, caramel corn and peanut brittle
5. Candy (excluding chocolate).
Also, any production of homegrown unprocessed raw produce does not
require a home processing exemption. 27
C. Food Wholesale in Erie County
Generally, wholesale of food products is the practice of selling nondurable
food items to businesses for the purpose of resale to consumers. 28
Establishments within this category include large­scale grocery wholesalers,
packaged frozen food wholesalers, and dairy product wholesalers, among
others. Examples of dairy products from wholesalers include butter, milk,
cheese, ice cream and yogurt (See Figure 3.6 for a spatial distribution of
wholesalers within the county).
As of 2007, Erie County was home to 80 food wholesale
establishments. The majority of these establishments (74.4%) were
grocery and other related products merchant wholesalers. The remaining
establishments are equally distributed within the confectionery and
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a slight decrease from the 2002 level of 93 wholesalers, excluding sales
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employed between 2,500 and 4,999 paid employees, which is the same
range of employees from 2002.
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Figure 3.6 – Food Wholesalers in Erie County
(Map: Authors
Data Source: Reference USA)