Whenever and wherever you are selling (including your website, advertisements, your home, etc.), you must inform the customer with a sign or notification that says: “This food was prepared in a kitchen that is not subject to regulation and inspection by the regulatory authority and may contain allergens”

You can only ship non-perishable products. Perishable products must be delivered to the customer in-person, and cannot be transported for longer than two hours.

A few clarifications to the “allowed” items above:

• Acidified foods cannot be placed in hermetically sealed containers
• Juices must be pasteurized
• Oils and honey cannot be infused with anything

All types of food are allowed, except for the following perishable foods:

• Items containing meat or meat byproducts
  • Meat, lard, tallow, bone broth, bone meal, etc.
• Milk products
  • Milk, cream, sour cream, yogurt, etc. is not allowed
  • Using commercially-produced milk products in items is allowed (e.g. ice cream, whipped cream, cheese, cheesecakes, pudding, etc.)
• Raw eggs
  • If you sell products containing eggs, the eggs must be cooked
  • You can sell whole eggs by getting an egg number from the ag department
• Unpasteurized juice
• Infused oils or honey
• Sprouts
• Low-acid canned food (e.g. canned green beans)
• Hermetically-sealed acidified food
  • Canned pickles, salsas, sauces, etc. are not allowed, but other acidified foods are allowed as long as they are stored at a proper temperature and are not canned
• Meat substitutes (e.g. tofu)
• Fermented foods (e.g. kimchi)

Before 2019, Nebraska had one of the most restrictive cottage food laws in the nation, since homemade food could only be sold at farmers markets. In 2019, a bill (LB 304) greatly expanded their cottage food law, and in 2024, another bill (LB 262) greatly expanded it again.