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Cottage Food Laws

Law Status: Freedom Great Good Okay Poor

Alaska

86%
100%
90%
94%

Arizona

100%
100%
100%
100%

Arkansas

86%
96%
100%
93%

California

100%
85%
85%
91%

District of Columbia

86%
72%
85%
82%

Iowa Home Food Processing Establishment

100%
94%
50%
81%

Louisiana

100%
45%
25%
60%

Maine

100%
73%
100%
93%

Maryland

86%
51%
40%
61%

Maryland On-Farm Home Processing

100%
46%
8%
54%

Massachusetts

100%
48%
85%
82%

New Hampshire

100%
78%
100%
95%

New York

100%
58%
90%
86%

North Carolina

100%
96%
50%
82%

Ohio

86%
57%
90%
80%

Ohio Home Bakery

100%
28%
50%
65%

Oklahoma

86%
100%
75%
88%

Oregon

86%
73%
50%
70%

Oregon Domestic Kitchen

100%
100%
100%
100%

Pennsylvania

100%
99%
50%
82%

Rhode Island Farm Home Food Manufacture

57%
85%
20%
51%

South Carolina

86%
97%
100%
94%

Tennessee

100%
95%
90%
95%

Utah Cottage Food

86%
59%
90%
81%

Virginia Home Food Processing Operation

100%
100%
100%
100%

West Virginia

100%
75%
90%
90%

Wyoming

100%
100%
90%
100%