Arkansas cottage food label requirements and homemade food checklist
Answer a few plain-English questions about what you make and how you want to sell it. We check it against Arkansas' current homemade food rules, flag anything that falls outside the no-permit path, and build you a personalized checklist plus a printable label draft.
Free customized label/checklist after walk-through completion
Built from the public Arkansas Department of Health FAQ and current 2026 Homemade Food Production Guidelines. Not legal advice and not state approval — rules can change, so verify final requirements with ADH before selling.
Free permit walk-throughSee right away if a product or sales choice falls outside Arkansas' no-permit homemade food path.
Free checklistKeep the practical next steps tied to your own product, channel, and label choices.
Free label generationDraft the common-name, ingredients, date, contact, and disclosure lines in one place.
Can you sell homemade food in Arkansas?
Usually yes, if the food is non-TCS and made at your private residence. Arkansas' current ADH guidance is much broader than older cottage-food regimes: you can sell eligible homemade food in person, by phone, online, through an agent, through a third-party vendor, and by delivery carrier. The main limits are product safety categories, not channel count. Refrigerated/TCS foods, low-acid canned foods, sprouts, cut produce, and animal-origin foods still require a permitted facility.