Before selling any food products at Chester Farmers’ and Artisans Market a Vendor will need to complete and sign our Checklist, with this wording, to confirm they satisfy the following requirements. That:

1. They have read the Department of Agriculture’s “Guidelines for Public Markets” https://novascotia.ca/agri/documents/food-safety/publicmarketguide.pdf

2. They understand products in the Guideline’s Schedule C cannot be sold. (What’s in Schedule C?) 

3. Selling products in the Guideline’s Schedule A  requires an Annual Public Market Permit. (What’s in Schedule A?)

4. Selling products in the Guideline’s Schedule B that need testing requires a Schedule B letter for those products. (What’s in Schedule B?)

The Food Safety Specialist for Lunenburg County can be reached at (902) 634-7507.