[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":43},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Fguides\u002Fstate-cottage-food-requirements":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"blurb":6,"body":7,"category":29,"citation":30,"date":31,"description":32,"extension":33,"featured":34,"icon":35,"meta":36,"navigation":37,"path":38,"readingTime":39,"seo":40,"stem":41,"__hash__":42},"guides\u002Fguides\u002Fstate-cottage-food-requirements.md","Cottage-food laws and labeling requirements by state","Cottage-food laws and labeling rules for all 50 states.",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":25},"minimark",[10,19,22],[11,12,13,14,18],"p",{},"Every state runs its own cottage-food law — the rules that let home\nkitchens sell certain low-risk foods (jams, baked goods, dry mixes,\nsome candies) without a commercial kitchen license. What almost none\nof them do is exempt you from ",[15,16,17],"em",{},"labeling"," entirely: nearly every state\ncottage-food law requires, at minimum, a \"made in a home kitchen not\nsubject to state inspection\" disclosure, the producer's name and\naddress, and an ingredient list, even when the state doesn't require\nthe full federal Nutrition Facts panel.",[11,20,21],{},"Where states differ most is sales channel and revenue caps: some allow\nonline sales and shipping, others require in-person, in-state sales\nonly; annual revenue limits range from no cap at all up to roughly\n$50,000–$75,000 in the stricter states. Cross a state line, sell\nthrough a national online marketplace, or exceed your state's cap, and\nyou're generally out of cottage-food territory and into standard\nfederal food-labeling rules — the same Nutrition Facts panel, allergen\ndeclaration, and ingredient statement any other packaged-food seller\nneeds.",[11,23,24],{},"A full state-by-state breakdown — allowed products, revenue caps,\nrequired disclosures, and the exact point each state's rules hand off\nto federal labeling — is coming soon to this guide.",{"title":26,"searchDepth":27,"depth":27,"links":28},"",2,[],"State requirements","State laws vary — federal rules apply once you cross state lines","2026-07-21","What cottage-food and home-kitchen producers need on the label in their state — and when a homemade product graduates to full federal nutrition labeling.","md",false,"scale",{},true,"\u002Fguides\u002Fstate-cottage-food-requirements","4 min read",{"title":5,"description":32},"guides\u002Fstate-cottage-food-requirements","qR5Jn_RkpPpndFmVQKgpXhetFcErFQzI1te1EXdizJk",1786054274476]