North Dakota cottage food laws
Rules change, so always confirm with the official North Dakota source.
The law: North Dakota Cottage Foods Act (NDCC 23-09.5)
What you can sell
Baked goods, jams, jellies and other homemade food and drinks are broadly covered. Refrigerated baked goods are allowed with frozen transport/maintenance disclosures and safe-handling instructions.
What you can't sell
Uninspected meat is excluded; a narrow exemption covers up to 1,000 producer-raised poultry annually. Poultry transactions cannot involve interstate commerce.
Do you need a license or permit?
No cottage-food license, permit, certification or routine inspection fee is required. Illness or environmental-health complaints may be investigated.
Sales limits
No dollar cap appears in chapter 23-09.5.
Where you can sell
Sell directly to informed end consumers for home consumption at home, markets, other lawful venues or through delivery. Resale through food stores or food establishments is prohibited; the chapter does not expressly resolve online ordering or non-poultry interstate shipping.
Label requirements
Display a sign or label stating “This product is made in a home kitchen that is not inspected by the state or local health department.” Refrigerated products also need safe-handling instructions and a disclosure that they were transported and maintained frozen.
Good to know
Tell customers that products are not certified, labeled, licensed, packaged, regulated or inspected. The law is broader than a shelf-stable baking exemption. Some details on this page could not be fully confirmed from official sources, so check with the state agency before you sell.
Pricing your products
Knowing your real cost per item matters as much as following the law.
Try Oven Elf free →Source: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t23c09-5.pdf
General summary, not legal advice.
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