Dairy products (e.g. milk, ice cream, cheese, butter, etc) and products containing meat or poultry can only be sold directly to the consumer. Although you can sell these types of products online, you still have to deliver them in-person, and you cannot sell them via a third-party food delivery platform (e.g. DoorDash, UberEats, etc).

You can sell all other products anywhere, including selling online and shipping them, selling in stores, and selling via third-party food delivery platforms. But there are a few caveats:

• Although you can sell your products in stores, the store must display homemade products on a separate shelf/section from commercially-produced products
• Although food service establishments can resell your products, they cannot use your products as ingredients in a new product
• If you deliver perishable foods, you must maintain them at a safe temperature during the delivery process, you can only transport them once, and you cannot transport them for longer than two hours

You must display your certificate of registration when selling at events (like farmers markets).

You can sell almost any kind of homemade food. However, your products cannot contain:

• Raw milk
• Alcohol
• Fish / shellfish
• Meat from an unapproved source
  • You can only use meat in your products if it falls within a federal exemption. For instance, you can use meat that is legally sold without needing to be inspected in a USDA facility (e.g. meat products prepared on-site at a grocery store or butcher), or you can use meat from your own poultry (as long as you have 1,000 or fewer poultry).
• Marijuana

See more info about approved foods here.

Dairy products (e.g. milk, ice cream, cheese, butter, etc) and products containing meat or poultry can only be sold directly to the consumer. Although you can sell these types of products online, you still have to deliver them in-person, and you cannot sell them via a third-party food delivery platform (e.g. DoorDash, UberEats, etc).

If you deliver perishable foods, you must maintain them at a safe temperature during the delivery process, you can only transport them once, and you cannot transport them for longer than two hours.

You cannot store food products or food prep equipment outside of your home.

Arizona created their initial cottage food law in 2011 (HB 2103) and amended it in 2018 (SB 1022) to allow more types of nonperishable food products. Read this article for more info about how the initial law was created, and watch this promotional video for the initial law.

In 2023, they tried to create a food freedom law (HB 2509) to allow perishable food products as well, but although it had overwhelming bipartisan support, it was controversially vetoed at the last minute by the governor.

They tried again in 2024 (HB 2042), and even though it was nearly identical to 2023’s food freedom bill, Gov. Hobbs (who faced a lot of negative press after the first veto) decided not to veto it again.

Although their new food freedom law was a significant improvement in almost every way, it placed extra restrictions on those who sell nonperishable foods in stores.

Arizona’s law has always contained a special accommodation for facilities for individuals with developmental disabilities, and they are the only state to do so.