2025 Cottage Food Bills

Would have allowed the sale of perishable foods.

Would allow producers to sell their products at any farm store or cafe within a 20-mile radius of their home.

Syntactic changes that would further clarify (but not change) the cottage food law.

Would be a significant improvement to their cottage food law. Would allow indirect sales of products. Would remove the requirement to get a kitchen inspection. Might remove the requirement to get a cottage food license and take a food safety course. Would allow a producer to avoid putting their home address on labels.

Would allow many types of perishable products to be sold. Would increase the annual sales limit to $1,500,000. Would simplify labeling requirements.

Would prevent local governments from imposing restrictions on home-based processors.

Would allow home-based processors to sell roasted coffee beans.

Would allow refrigerated baked goods (e.g. cheesecakes).

Would add a new law to allow producers to sell nonperishable products directly to consumers within the state, without needing a license or permit from the health department. Would allow in-state shipping. Would prevent local governments from imposing restrictions on cottage food businesses.

Would add a new law to allow producers to sell nonperishable products directly to consumers within the state. Would allow in-state shipping. Would allow fermented products.

Would create a new law to allow “home kitchen operations” (AKA micro-restaurants) to sell ready-to-eat meals and food.

Would allow online sales and in-state shipping, if certain requirements are met. Would increase the sales limit from $25,000 to $50,000 per year. Would increase the annual sales limit to $75,000 for producers of high-priced items ($250+/item). Would increase the sales limit each year to account for inflation. Would allow a producer to use a… [read more]

Syntactic changes that would not change the cottage food law.

Would allow shipping within the state.

Would allow all direct sales at local venues (currently limited to farmers markets and community events). Would allow shipping within the state. Would increase the sales limit from $78,000 to $85,000 per year. Would increase the exemption limit for sales from $5,000 to $8,500 per year.

Would allow “microenterprise home kitchens” (AKA micro-restaurants) to sell ready-to-eat meals and food.

Would have allowed the sale of fried pies and most types of acidified foods (e.g. salsas, sauces, etc). Would also have allowed homemade wine in certain cases. Would have increased the sales limit from $35,000 to $59,000 per year. Would have required cottage food operators to take a food safety training course. Would have added… [read more]

Would increase the sales limit to $100,000 per year. Would allow online sales and in-state shipping. Would allow acidified foods (e.g. pickles, salsas, etc).

Would allow homestead food operations to use commercial kitchen equipment. 

Would create a committee to review the approval process for recipes used in a homestead food operation.

Would allow producers to use an email address on labels instead of a physical address. Would allow producers to simplify labels in certain situations by using a QR code.

Would allow producers to use other parts of their home for food production, not just their home kitchen.

Would allow “occasional food service establishments” to offer pickup for products once per week, without needing a license.

Would allow producers to sell freeze dried foods.

Would exempt certain types of sales from licensing if the producer sells less than $12,500 of non-perishable products per year. Would allow sales of acidified foods (e.g. pickles, salsas, etc) and fermented foods.

Allows online sales and interstate shipping.

A new law that would allow “microenterprise home kitchen operations” to sell many types of perishable foods.

Would raise the sales limit from $75,000 to $300,000 per year.  Would allow unpasteurized milk to be sold, if certain requirements are met.

Would remove the annual sales limit (currently $75,000). Would allow indirect sales of perishable foods, if certain requirements are met.

Would add a provision for indirect sales. Would clarify certain labeling and sales requirements.

Would allow perishable food products to be sold, if certain requirements are met.

Would increase the sales limit from $50,000 to $100,000 per year, and continue increasing it to keep up with inflation. Would enable all types of allowed products to be sold indirectly, provided that certain requirements are met. Would allow many types of perishable foods (e.g. cheesecakes, soups, casseroles, etc), as long as the producer adheres… [read more]

Would prevent homeowners’ associations from prohibiting cottage food operations.

Would remove the annual sales limit

Would increase the sales limit from $50,000 to $150,000 per year

Would increase the sales limit from $50,000 to $100,000 per year. Would allow wholesale and indirect sales, provided that certain requirements are met. Would allow refrigerated baked goods (e.g. cheesecakes), as long as the producer adheres to certain requirements. Would allow producers to exclude their home address on labels, as long as they adhere to… [read more]

Would create a new law to allow “microenterprise home kitchen operations” (AKA micro-restaurants) to sell ready-to-eat meals and food.

Will allow products with meat raised by the producer, if certain requirements are met.