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Utah Cottage Food Law: Labels, Limits & When You Need Nutrition Facts

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Utah runs two home food tracks, and which one applies changes almost everything about your label. Register a cottage food operation with UDAF (Utah Code 4-5-501 et seq.; Utah Admin. Code R70-560) and you can sell non-potentially-hazardous foods statewide, including to retail stores, for a $75 fee and a kitchen inspection. Skip registration under the Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act (Utah Code 4-5a-101 et seq.) and you can make a wider range of foods, including some TCS items, but only by handing them to the consumer in person, with a specific disclosure. Neither track caps gross sales, and both stay exempt from a Nutrition Facts panel until you make a nutrient claim or move into wholesale or interstate commerce.

Quick factsUtah
Revenue capNone (either track)
Permit or registrationCottage: registration + inspection, $75. Homemade Food Act: none, just a business license
Sales channelsCottage: direct, in-state, and retail/wholesale. Homemade: direct to consumer only
Online salesIn-state only
Required label statement“"Not for resale" and "processed and prepared without state or local inspection" (Homemade Food Act only; cottage food uses "Home Produced")”
Nutrition Facts panelNot required unless you make a nutrient claim
Administered byUtah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF)
Governing lawUtah Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act (Utah Code 4-5a)

What Utah lets you sell from home

Cottage food registration limits products to shelf-stable, non-potentially-hazardous items: baked goods (no cream fillings, custards, or fresh-fruit toppings needing refrigeration), jams, jellies, preserves, nuts and nut brittles, raw and creamed honey, popcorn, dried fruit, hard candy, roasted coffee, vanilla extract, and vinegar. Refrigerated foods, cheesecakes, custards, and meat or poultry are excluded.

The Homemade Food Act is broader by design: it regulates by process (a private home kitchen, sold direct to an “informed” consumer), not a fixed product list, and doesn’t carve out TCS foods the way cottage food does. It excludes raw (unpasteurized) dairy and most meat, with narrow exceptions for poultry (up to 1,000 birds/year under the USDA’s federal exemption) and domesticated rabbit (Utah Code 4-5a-105). That section also bars UDAF from adding any extra restriction by rule. The statute is the ceiling.

Permits, registration, and the revenue cap

Cottage food requires registering with UDAF as a food establishment (Utah Admin. Code R70-540, R70-560-5), passing a kitchen inspection first, and keeping a valid food handler permit. UDAF’s fee schedule lists the registration fee at $75 (ag.utah.gov/appfiles/images/FoodSchedule.pdf), and the registration must be displayed at the kitchen and at any farmers market or stand.

The Homemade Food Act requires no UDAF registration, inspection, or food handler permit. It exempts a compliant home producer from state, county, and city licensing, permitting, certification, inspection, and packaging requirements (Utah Code 4-5a-104(1)). You still need a general business license (Utah Code 10-1-203). Neither track sets a revenue cap. The most recent change, S.B. 151 (2023), added a “minor producer” category and waived the disclosure and labeling requirements where a home producer or farmers market is made up entirely of minors.

Where you can sell

Cottage food goes direct-to-consumer, to farmers markets, and (unlike many states’ cottage laws) to retail stores for resale, as long as your label is compliant and your product never leaves Utah. Neither names online ordering; a pre-order picked up or delivered in Utah fits the direct-sale definition, and UDAF is the one to ask if you plan to ship.

Homemade Food Act sales are narrower: produced and sold in Utah, directly to an “informed final consumer,” for personal or home consumption (Utah Code 4-5a-104(1)): an in-person exchange at your door, a prearranged pickup, or a direct-to-sale farmers market, not mail order or e-commerce checkout. It bars sales to restaurants or other commercial establishments, except raw, unprocessed fruits and vegetables (Utah Code 4-5a-104(4)). Wholesale, retail placement, and interstate shipping require standard licensing on either track.

What has to be on the label

Cottage food label (Utah Admin. Code R70-560-6):

  • Product name (the name set by federal regulation, or the common name)
  • Ingredients in descending order by weight, when there’s more than one
  • The food source for each major allergen present
  • An accurate net quantity statement
  • The business name and place of business
  • The business’s telephone number
  • “Home Produced,” in bold, conspicuous 12-point type on the principal display panel

“Home Produced” (Utah Admin. Code R70-560-6)

Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act label (Utah Code 4-5a-104(3)):

  • The producer’s name and address
  • The disclosure statement below
  • Whether the food contains, or was prepared where the kitchen also handles, milk, soy, wheat, eggs, peanuts or tree nuts, fish, or shellfish

“(a) the producer’s name and address; (b) a disclosure statement indicating that the product is: (i) not for resale; and (ii) processed and prepared without state or local inspection; and (c) a statement listing whether the food or food product contains, or was prepared in a location that also handles, common allergens including milk, soy, wheat, eggs, peanuts or tree nuts, fish, or shellfish.” (Utah Code 4-5a-104(3))

The statute also requires telling consumers the food “is not certified, licensed, regulated, or inspected by the state or any county or city” (Utah Code 4-5a-104(5)). Folding it into your printed disclosure is the usual approach. Neither law sets a type size for the homemade food disclosure the way R70-560-6 does for “Home Produced.”

When you need a Nutrition Facts panel

Both tracks sit inside the FDA’s cottage food exemption from 21 CFR 101.9: home-produced, direct-market food doesn’t need a Nutrition Facts panel by default. That exemption doesn’t survive making a nutrient content or health claim (“high protein,” “low sugar,” anywhere, including an Instagram caption), moving into wholesale, retail, or interstate commerce, or a state choosing to require it anyway. Utah’s rule adds nothing beyond what R70-560-6 already lists, so here the trigger is the claim, not the state.

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Utah cottage food FAQ

Does Utah have two different cottage food laws?

Yes. UDAF's cottage food registration (Utah Code 4-5-501, Utah Admin. Code R70-560) lets you register, get inspected, and sell non-potentially-hazardous foods anywhere in the state, including to stores. The separate Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act (Utah Code 4-5a-101 et seq.) skips registration entirely, covers more food types including some TCS items, but restricts you to direct, in-person sales to the end consumer.

How much does Utah cottage food registration cost?

UDAF's published fee schedule lists $75 for the cottage food registration category, which includes a required kitchen inspection (ag.utah.gov/appfiles/images/FoodSchedule.pdf).

Is there a sales cap for my Utah cottage food or homemade food sales?

No. Neither Utah Code 4-5-501 et seq. nor the Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act sets a dollar limit on gross sales.

Can I sell homemade food online in Utah?

Only under the cottage food registration track, and only within the state. The Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act requires the sale to be an in-person exchange with the end consumer, so it doesn't cover online or mail orders.

What has to be on a Utah cottage food label?

The product name, ingredients in descending order by weight, major allergens, net quantity, your business name and phone number, and the words "Home Produced" in bold, conspicuous 12-point type on the front of the package (Utah Admin. Code R70-560-6).

What does the Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act disclosure have to say?

It has to state your name and address, that the product is "not for resale" and "processed and prepared without state or local inspection," and whether the food contains or was made where milk, soy, wheat, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, or shellfish are handled (Utah Code 4-5a-104(3)).

Nearby states

Selling into a neighboring state means that state’s rules apply there: Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona. See the full state-by-state table.

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