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Latest post on 25 January 2011 - 12:06

There's been a lot of discussion on here about the need to have the correct license etc when starting up a small business. I'm interested in something similar but can't really afford to take on all the costs initially and without knowing if there is even enough demand. I'm genuinely intereted to know if all the people who sell cakes/crafts etc at school fairs,the expatwoman fair and those that are often recommended on here for cakes all have licenses and registered businesses? I know it costs a lot to run a business with premises, visas and so many overheads but was thinking that a fair is a good way to start and find out if a product would sell and items there should normally sell at less than retail costs. Thanks

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Latest post on 26 January 2011 - 19:03

I am horrified. I am one of the star bakers at our school and always maked dozens of beautifully decorated cupcakes. I would be so dissapointed if I thought someone was ditching them.

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Latest post on 26 January 2011 - 18:52

Agree Cyclone T - a friend "kindly" gave me some biscotties she bought from a pre-Christmas sale at someones house in AR (don't know who made them so not casting aspersions, it was a school mums thing) and they were DISGUSTING, though of course I didn't tell her that, lol. Maybe I'm a bit OTT about hygiene, licences etc. but I have quite a delicate stomach so anything a bit dodgy reacts badly with me. I just think that anyone selling stuff that is potentially hazardous - nuts, poor hygiene, bad labelling, needs to be fully accountable to the right authorities, otherwise it is open season for anyone who can knock up a simple sponge to call themselves a baker. FeelI need to state that I've never made biscotties!

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Latest post on 25 January 2011 - 21:12

Agree Cyclone T - a friend "kindly" gave me some biscotties she bought from a pre-Christmas sale at someones house in AR (don't know who made them so not casting aspersions, it was a school mums thing) and they were DISGUSTING, though of course I didn't tell her that, lol. Maybe I'm a bit OTT about hygiene, licences etc. but I have quite a delicate stomach so anything a bit dodgy reacts badly with me. I just think that anyone selling stuff that is potentially hazardous - nuts, poor hygiene, bad labelling, needs to be fully accountable to the right authorities, otherwise it is open season for anyone who can knock up a simple sponge to call themselves a baker.

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Latest post on 25 January 2011 - 19:30

As for refrigeration, it would depend on what ingredients were used. But as long as they are hygienically displayed and the seller uses gloves, utensils etc, people will buy them. For school fairs and bake sales, our school ensures that everything is prewrapped which helps towards the hygiene side a little bit. We also ensure that goods that are dropped off for the bake sale early are stored in a cool air conditioned room which is off limits to anything else. What about the hygeine standards in the bakers home? *Not casting dispersions on anyone on EW*

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Latest post on 25 January 2011 - 18:46

Hehehe, not being a great cook I remember saying that for 1st DD's school bake sales, then I had another one and had to do it all over again, then when DD1 had first child had to do it again for playgroup - that's why I moved over here, no more bake sales for me, thank goodness!

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Latest post on 25 January 2011 - 18:21

Can I just say: I have spent 5 hours today making sweets for our school bake sale, and I feel very ill :( Is it just me that inhaling sugar fumes all day does you no good at all? Hats off to all the passionate cooks out there! I'm not doing it again til lil miss has grandbabies.

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Latest post on 25 January 2011 - 17:22

For school fairs and bake sales, our school ensures that everything is prewrapped which helps towards the hygiene side a little bit. We also ensure that goods that are dropped off for the bake sale early are stored in a cool air conditioned room which is off limits to anything else. A school bake sale is a different thing altogether: firstly because parents are DONATING their goods to be sold for the good of school funds and secondly because the donators are all parents who belong to the school so have a vested interest in ensuring no-one suffers food poisoning after eating one of their cakes, school gossip being what it is :) Schools who run these fairs and bake sales have their own arrangements with the licensing authorities regarding regulations, usually this is organised on their behaf by the P&F. People who are selling home-made cakes at home/through party plan without bothering to be approved are running a huge risk in terms of fines for non-registration, and worse consequences if someone buys their food and gets ill!

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Latest post on 25 January 2011 - 17:11

Thanks for your reply.

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Latest post on 25 January 2011 - 12:21

Honestly, i would say no, many of these small home based businesses would not be licensed. If you are talking about baking etc, |I would expect that there is such a small margin in them anyway and to go down the license route would take the fun and passion out of it. As for refrigeration, it would depend on what ingredients were used. But as long as they are hygienically displayed and the seller uses gloves, utensils etc, people will buy them. For school fairs and bake sales, our school ensures that everything is prewrapped which helps towards the hygiene side a little bit. We also ensure that goods that are dropped off for the bake sale early are stored in a cool air conditioned room which is off limits to anything else.

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Latest post on 25 January 2011 - 12:15

I worry about hygiene standards too, especially when it's a food item that needs to be refrigerated. When there are cake sales at school my kids usually eat things straight away! So far so good. The new cup cake stand at the Ranches does not seem to have any refigeration or temperature control - it was the stand previously used for jewelery and knickknacks.

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Latest post on 25 January 2011 - 12:12

I would be interested to know if people actually eat what they buy at school bake sales. I ask as not knowing the hygenie standards, or lack thereof used, if I buy then I bin it although usually I would just donate $10 instead of buying anything. *Here I would buy and give away*

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