Nevada Can you legally sell food from home in Nevada?

Cottage Food Law

Nevada’s cottage food law (SB 206) allows many different types of food products to be sold, but it is restricted in most other ways. Cottage food operators must make all of their sales in-person, and they are limited to $35,000 of sales per year.

There are four health districts that register cottage food operations in the state. Before an operation can sell in a region, they must be registered with that region’s health district. Some districts charge for registration, while others offer it for free.

In 2015, SB 441 expanded regulations to include craft food operations, allowing the sale of acidified or pickled foods under craft food registration.

Table of Contents

Selling Allowed Foods Limitations Business Labeling Workplace Resources Forum

Selling Where can you sell homemade food products?

Allowed Venues

Events Farmers markets Home Roadside stands

Allowed Services

Delivery Home Pickup

Prohibited Venues

Online Restaurants Retail stores

Prohibited Services

Wholesale

Internet or phone sales are only allowed when the product gets exchanged in-person.

You may offer food samples at events, but they must be prepared in individual, closed, disposable containers at your home, and the samples may only be opened by the consumer. If you want to offer samples in an open container, then you need to get a temporary food permit.

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

Baked doughnuts are also allowed. Some types of drinks made from dry mixes are allowed, like iced tea or Kool-Aid.

Jams, jellies, and other preserves cannot contain vegetables. Home-canned goods cannot be used in any of your products.

Flavored vinegars have some special requirements.

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 Direct sales only No domestic activity Sales limit Smoking restricted

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

Sales are limited to $35,000 per year

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

Registration

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

Registration in most counties is free, but some have a fee — for example, in Clark County, the fee is $160.

Temporary Health Permit

If you want to offer 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.

Even though it is not required, the health department encourages CFOs to get some form of food safety training.

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)

Labeling Guide

Workplace Are there any home kitchen requirements?

In addition to the home, some health departments may also allow food to be prepared in other kitchens, like those in colleges, churches, and some non-profit organizations.