Nevada Can you legally sell food from home in Nevada?

Cottage Food Law

Nevada created its first cottage food law in 2013 (SB 206) and updated it in 2025 (AB 352).

Producers can sell many different types of food products directly to consumers from home, at markets & events, and online, and they can ship products or use a third-party delivery service. Producers are limited to $100,000 of sales per year.

Producers must register with their health district before selling, and unlike other states, they can’t sell in other parts of the state until they register with the health district where they want to sell.

Producers can also sell acidified foods (e.g. pickles, salsas, etc) through Nevada’s craft food law.

Table of Contents

Selling Allowed Foods Limitations Business Labeling Resources Forum

Selling Where can you sell homemade food products?

Allowed Venues

Events Farmers markets Home Online Roadside stands

Allowed Services

Delivery Home Pickup Mail order

Prohibited Venues

Restaurants Retail stores

Prohibited Services

Catering Wholesale

You can sell anywhere in the state, but you must get registered in districts that are outside your own if you sell there. See the business section for more details.

Allowed Foods What food products can you sell from home?

Prohibited Foods

Perishable baked goods Fruit butters Pickles Fermented foods Salsas Sauces Ketchup Mustards Nut butters Meat jerkies

There are probably more prohibited foods, but the ones above have been confirmed

Only "non-potentially hazardous" foods are allowed, but certain non-PHFs may not be allowed. Most foods that don't need to be refrigerated (foods without meat, cheese, etc.) are considered non-potentially hazardous. Learn more

Limitations How will your home food business be restricted?

Limitations

Children restricted Commercial kitchen prohibited Direct sales only Home address required Interstate sales prohibited No domestic activity Perishable foods prohibited Sales limit Smoking restricted

There may be more limitations, but the ones above have been confirmed

Sales are limited to $100,000 per year

Business What do you need to do to sell food from home?

Cottage Food Registration

You must register with the health department in your district. There are four districts: Southern Nevada, Central Nevada, Northern Nevada, Carson City, and everywhere else. To sell in every part of the state, you would need to register in all five districts.

Registration in most counties is free, but some have a fee — for example, in Clark County, the fee is over $200.

Temporary Health Permit

If you want to offer open samples at an event, you may need to get a temporary health permit from your environmental health department. However, if you pre-portion and package samples at home for customers to open themselves, you do not need a temporary health permit.

Labeling How do you label cottage food products?

Label Requirements

Allergens Business address Business name Ingredients Net amount Product name Statement

Sample Label

Chocolate Chip Cookies

"MADE IN A COTTAGE FOOD OPERATION THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO GOVERNMENT FOOD SAFETY INSPECTION"

Forrager Cookie Company

123 Chewy Way, Cookietown, NV 73531

Ingredients: enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), butter (cream, salt), semi-sweet chocolate (sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, milkfat, soy lecithin, natural flavors), brown sugar, granulated sugar, eggs, vanilla extract (vanilla bean extract, alcohol, sugar), baking soda, salt (salt, calcium silicate)

Contains: milk, eggs, wheat, soy

NET WT 2 lb 4 oz (1.02 kg)