Cottage food labels: what each state requires, plus a free template
What your homemade food label needs in Missouri, Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Florida and Oklahoma, the exact required sentences, and a simple template you can copy.
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Notes for local sellers.
Plain-language guides on cottage food laws, labels, and selling what you bake, grow, or make to the people nearby.
Cottage food license: do you need one? (2026, by state)
Most states don't issue a "cottage food license" at all. Here's what each state actually asks for in 2026: registration, a food handler course, or nothing.
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Eggs aren't cottage food in most states. Here's who regulates them in six states, when your own flock needs no license, and what buyers near you search for.
Read the post →What is a cottage bakery?
A cottage bakery is a home kitchen selling baked goods under your state's cottage food law. What you can sell, how much, where, and how it differs from a micro bakery.
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