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Cottage food laws by state

What each state allows you to make in your home kitchen and sell: the foods allowed and banned, any sales cap, where you can sell, the label wording and any registration. Each guide cites the state's law on Corpus, or names the official source where Corpus doesn't carry the rules yet.

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  • Alabama

    Alabama cottage food law: sell non-hazardous foods made at home straight to consumers with no county permit. What's allowed, the label wording, and the course.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Alaska

    Alaska's homemade food law exempts home-kitchen food from state licensing and inspection. Where you can sell it, what's banned, and the label wording.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Arizona

    Arizona cottage food law: register with the state, take a food handler course, and sell home-made food with a required label. What's banned and where to sell.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Arkansas

    Arkansas food freedom law: sell homemade food without a state license or inspection, shipped or in person, with a required label. What's banned.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

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  • California

    California cottage food law: register (Class A) or get a permit (Class B), sell up to $75,000 or $150,000 a year, and label it Made in a Home Kitchen.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Colorado

    Colorado Cottage Foods Act: sell shelf-stable home-made food direct to consumers, up to $10,000 per product a year, with a required label. What's allowed.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Connecticut

    Connecticut cottage food law: get a state license, sell baked goods and jams directly to consumers, up to $50,000 a year, with a required label and training.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

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  • Delaware

    Delaware cottage food rules: get a $30 state permit, take a food safety test, and sell approved home-made foods face to face in Delaware with a required label.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • District of Columbia

    District of Columbia cottage food law: register with DC Health, get a home occupancy permit, and sell approved home-made foods with a required label.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

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  • Florida

    Florida cottage food law: sell home-made food without a state food permit, up to $250,000 a year, online or by mail, with a required label.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

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  • Georgia

    Georgia cottage food law: sell shelf-stable home-made food in person, online, by mail or to stores, with a required label. What is banned.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

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  • Hawaii

    Hawaii homemade food rules: sell food from your home kitchen without a health permit, in person, online or by mail, after a food safety course.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

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  • Idaho

    Idaho cottage food law: the 2026 Direct-to-Consumer Commerce Act lets you sell homemade food in Idaho with no license, a required notice and records.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Illinois

    Illinois cottage food law: register with your local health department, get food protection manager certified, and sell home-made food with a required label.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Indiana

    Indiana home based vendor law: sell home-made food without a food establishment license, with a food handler certificate and a required label. What's banned.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Iowa

    Iowa cottage food law: sell home-made food direct to buyers with no license but a required label, or get a $50 home food processing license. What's banned.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

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  • Kentucky

    Kentucky lets a home-based processor sell low-risk foods like jams, breads and cookies direct to consumers, up to $60,000 a year. Labels, bans and registration.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

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  • Louisiana

    Louisiana exempts low-risk home foods like baked goods, jams and pickles from sanitary-code equipment rules if sales stay under $100,000. Labels and limits.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

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  • Maine

    Maine has two routes for selling home-made food: a $20 state Home Food License for shelf-stable foods, and town ordinances under the Food Sovereignty Act.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Maryland

    Maryland cottage food law: no state license for a home food business under $100,000 a year, a required label, and a food safety course to sell to stores.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Massachusetts

    Massachusetts requires a board of health permit to sell home-made food direct to customers: shelf-stable foods only, a set label, and no permit for bake sales.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Michigan

    Michigan cottage food law: no license for shelf-stable foods from your home kitchen, direct sales only, a required label and a sales cap that may adjust yearly.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Minnesota

    Minnesota cottage food law: annual registration, a $78,000 sales cap, training, a required label and sign. What changes on August 1, 2027, and who qualifies.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Mississippi

    Mississippi cottage food law: no food permit for home-made foods under $35,000 a year, but no internet, mail-order or wholesale sales. Labels and inspections.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Missouri

    Missouri cottage food law: sell baked goods, canned jam or jelly and dried herbs direct from your home with no state food code, a label, and in-state web sales.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Montana

    Montana has two home-food routes: a registered cottage food operation with a label, and a homemade food law for direct sales to informed buyers with no license.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

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  • Nebraska

    Nebraska lets a home producer sell food directly to consumers without a food establishment permit. Training, registration, notices and banned foods explained.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Nevada

    Nevada cottage food law: register, label and sell nuts, candy, jams and baked goods up to $100,000 a year. What changes July 1, 2027, and why LLCs don't fit.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • New Hampshire

    New Hampshire homestead food law: sell non-hazardous home-made food at home, farm stands, markets and stores without a license. Labels and license triggers.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • New Jersey

    New Jersey cottage food law: a Department of Health permit, a $50,000 sales cap, in-state direct sales only, a manager certificate and a required label.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • New Mexico

    New Mexico's Homemade Food Act: sell non-temperature-control foods made at home, online or by mail, with a food handler course, a label and no state license.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • New York

    New York home processor exemption: register with Agriculture and Markets, make approved shelf-stable foods at home, label them, sell in state. What is banned.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • North Carolina

    North Carolina requires NCDA&CS to inspect your home kitchen before you sell food. Low-risk foods only, plus the label, pet and zoning rules explained.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • North Dakota

    North Dakota cottage food law: no license, permit or inspection, and no sales cap in the statute. What you can sell, where, and the notice you must give.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

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  • Ohio

    Ohio cottage food law: sell approved bakery, candy, jams and dry mixes made at home without a retail license, with a required label. Allowed and banned foods.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Oklahoma

    Oklahoma cottage food law: sell homemade food without a state license under $75,000 a year, with a label. What's banned, and when training applies.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Oregon

    Oregon cottage food law: sell packaged, non-hazardous home-made food without a state license, up to $50,000 a year (inflation-adjusted), with a label.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

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  • Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania cottage food rules: register a home kitchen as a Limited Food Establishment for $35 a year. What you can sell, label rules, and where to sell.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

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  • Rhode Island

    Rhode Island cottage food law: register with the Department of Health to sell non-refrigerated baked goods from home, up to $50,000 a year. Labels and fee.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

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  • South Carolina

    South Carolina cottage food law: sell home-made foods that are not potentially hazardous to shoppers and stores. The statute sets no sales cap or fee.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • South Dakota

    South Dakota cottage food law: baked goods and other home-made food are exempt from state licensing if sold in person. The label, where to sell, and training.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

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  • Tennessee

    Tennessee cottage food law (Food Freedom Act): sell homemade food without a state license or permit. No sales cap in the statute. Disclosure and exclusions.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Texas

    Texas cottage food law: sell most home-made foods without a city permit, up to $150,000 a year, with a required label. What's banned, and when to register.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

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  • Utah

    Utah cottage food law: register as a cottage food operation, or sell homemade food straight to informed buyers. What's banned, how to label it, and city rules.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

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  • Vermont

    Vermont cottage food law: sell shelf-stable foods from a home kitchen with no license up to $30,000 a year. The required label, yearly training and filing.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Virginia

    Virginia lets you sell low-risk foods from your home kitchen with no state permit or inspection, online or by mail, to buyers in the state. Labels, caps, bans.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

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  • Washington

    Washington cottage food law: sell baked goods, candy and jams from your home kitchen with a state permit and a $35,000 sales cap. Fees, inspections and labels.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • West Virginia

    West Virginia cottage food law: sell non-hazardous home-made foods without a license, with no sales cap in the statute. Hazardous foods need a permit.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Wisconsin

    Wisconsin has no cottage food statute. Home-canned pickles are exempt under $5,000 a year and court orders cover home-baked goods. What's allowed, what isn't.

    Last checked 2026-11-08

  • Wyoming

    Wyoming's Food Freedom Act lets you sell homemade food to informed buyers with no state license, up to $250,000 a year. What's allowed, banned and how to sell.

    Last checked 2026-11-08