Approved Cottage Food Operation Permits in Santa Clara County

Santa Clara County's Environmental Health department provides a list of approved Cottage Food Operations. The dataset includes permit numbers, expiration dates, facility names, and city locations. It was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Identify permit expiration trends using the Permit Exp Date column for compliance monitoring.
• Map the distribution of approved facilities across municipalities using the City and Facility columns.
• Track operational status and permit renewal cycles by analyzing Permit # and Permit Exp Date fields.
• Analyze the concentration of cottage food businesses by city for local economic development planning.

Strengths

• Data is updated with a future timestamp (2026-04-03), indicating planned maintenance.
• Contains specific regulatory fields: Permit #, Permit Exp Date, City, and Facility.

Limitations

• Unknown row count prevents assessment of sample size and statistical significance.
• Lack of sample data obscures data completeness and potential null values in key columns.
• Geographic coverage is limited to Santa Clara County, not representative of other regions.

Provenance

Source

data.sccgov.org, likely Santa Clara County government.

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated date is in the future (2026-04-03), suggesting scheduled updates or a data entry anomaly.

Geography

Santa Clara County, California, USA.