Utah cottage food laws
Rules change, so always confirm with the official Utah source.
The law: Utah has separate Cottage Food registration and Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act pathways.
What you can sell
Registered cottage producers may make approved shelf-stable, low-risk foods including baked goods, candies and jams. The alternative Home Consumption Act permits broader homemade foods for personal/home consumption.
What you can't sell
Registered cottage baking excludes refrigerated cream/custard fillings, cream-cheese frosting, egg-based buttercream and other temperature-controlled products. The Home Consumption Act excludes meat and meat-containing foods (with limited poultry/rabbit exceptions) and raw dairy products.
Do you need a license or permit?
The cottage route requires UDAF recipe approval, inspection, registration and food-handler permits; the current registration fee was not verified. The alternative Home Consumption Act requires a business license but not UDAF registration; local business-license fees must be checked.
Sales limits
No dollar cap was identified in the reviewed agency guidance; confirm with UDAF rather than assuming a cap. Home Consumption Act sales are Utah-only.
Where you can sell
The Home Consumption Act requires in-person direct sales to the final consumer at an agreed location, with no resale or carrier shipping; designated farmers-market arrangements apply. Registered cottage foods have a separate distribution framework; its online, shipping and wholesale details were not established from the accessible official material.
Label requirements
Cottage labels require product name, net quantity, ingredients, producer name/address/phone and “Home Produced” prominently in bold 12-point type, with applicable federal allergen/nutrition requirements. Home Consumption Act products require an allergen list and “Not for Resale – Processed and prepared without the benefit of state or local inspection”.
Good to know
Choose a pathway before selling: the broader food allowance under the Home Consumption Act does not carry the cottage route’s distribution privileges. Official sources include UDAF’s Cottage Food Production and Home Consumption Act guidance. 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://ag.utah.gov/regulatory-services/home-consumption-and-homemade-food-act/
General summary, not legal advice.
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