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here's a couple things we're going to
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run through today so that you know
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exactly what to expect in this video one
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we're going to go through how to
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actually label your bags because if
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you're in cottage food or if you're in a
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commercial kitchen there are things that
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you need to have on your labels I'm also
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going to show you exactly what labels I
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use to display that information I'm
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going to answer a common question which
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is do you need oxygen absorbers or
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desiccant packets or nothing in the bags
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that you put in for candy I'm going to
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answer that question today
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absorbers or desiccant packets now
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desiccant packets like this are dry
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packets you usually see them on in like
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leather purses you know things that you
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buy like that and nuts things like that
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now I've tried different things with the
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desiccant packets because the desiccant
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packets are there to absorb moisture
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versus the oxygen absorbers are there to
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capture air within the bag typically
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what you see with oxygen absorbers if
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it's working is you'll see that the bag
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starts to kind of like close up a little
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bit that's what's happening when you
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don't have a window on a bag it kind of
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like seals up and captures the air
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within that little packet now those
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little packets are like this you can get
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various different sizes and you can look
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up the information on kind of
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researching how big of size of oxygen
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absorbers you need to answer the
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question of do you need desiccant
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packets oxygen absorbers or none in
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candy the answer is none I have tried
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auction absorbers actually oxygen
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absorbers end up taking some of the
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candy and compacting especially Taffy it
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actually ends up combining all of them
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into a clump I do not recommend that
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secondly in the especially in the heat
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too it just completely engulfs and
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becomes goo so I would not use oxygen
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absorbers you don't need that especially
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for short-term use I would plan on
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trying to get your things sold within
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two to three months especially for a
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freeze drying candy now with desiccant
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packets this is just to keep things dry
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I have found that this doesn't impact
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any of the candy that I have bagged with
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these in it but I've also found that not
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using desiccant packets doesn't impact
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the candy either so I don't really now
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expend any type of funds to use oxygen
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absorbers or desiccant packets outside
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of some of my fruit which the fruit I
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use oxygen absorbers to to do because
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that can really ruin the fruit in there
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so that's answers the question of oxygen
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absorbers desiccant or none
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question which is what needs to be
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included on your labels let's say if
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you're Cottage food but even for
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commercial like I'm doing it doesn't
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really change too much the difference
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with cottage food is that you have to
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kind of state that you are producing
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your candy or you're producing your
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fruit out of a home kitchen that's the
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only differentiator even in a commercial
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site according to my health inspector
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that has helped give me my commercially
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food license permit now you actually
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have to include where the location is is
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that you are producing these items what
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I've done is I've put my website on my
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labels I do have my address listed on my
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website and that was perfectly approved
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by the food inspector and the state of
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Idaho so I'm accomplishing all that's
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required now let's take a look at what's
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required on labels in general for
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cottage food or commercial you need to
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have the name of the business you need
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to have the name of the product you also
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need to have the amount of product that
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is going in the bags in terms of net
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ounces you need to have the ingredients
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you also need to have a a list of
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allergens you also need to have your
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business name or website or address
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which I've got and then just a little
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bit of marketing that I've got to
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telling people that I actually sell on
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Etsy website things like that so it
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provides a little bit more marketing so
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that's really what you need to put on
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your labels now again I'm telling you
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this from my perspective of a
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freeze-dried business owner in Idaho you
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need to check your own Cottage food laws
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as well as your food establishment
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permit guidelines I would highly
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recommend talking to a health inspector
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rep just have them walk through exactly
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what your labels look like today maybe
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even what you're thinking of and they
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can approve those different things so
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that you don't do something that isn't
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now here's a really common question that
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gets asked which is uh aren't you
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supposed to have nutrition facts on your
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labels and the answer is no you don't
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because the FDA actually has a small
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business Label Nutrition exemption guide
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that you can take a look at and I'm
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going to put that link in the
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description of this video because you
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can take a look at it for yourself you
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do not have to have nutritional labels
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based on us being a small business as
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long as you're under a certain amount of
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gross sales for your product I'll let
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you take a look at that article because
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I think that really makes a lot things
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more clear as to why you don't need
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nutrition facts on your labels so that
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you don't have to be so conflated so
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that answers that question don't let
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anybody fool you into thinking that
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you're not doing things right I'm giving
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you the link that actually says what the
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FDA allows for small businesses as an
