Mississippi cottage food label requirements and checklist
Answer a few plain-English questions about what you make and how you want to sell it. We check it against Mississippi's current cottage food rules, flag anything that does not fit, and build you a personalized checklist and printable food label.
Free customized label/checklist after walk-through completion
Built from current Mississippi State Department of Health guidance and Miss. Code Ann. § 75-29-951. Not legal advice and not government approval — verify final requirements with MSDH before selling.
Free permit walk-throughSee right away if a choice would block you from using Mississippi's cottage food exemption.
Free checklistYour answers folded into Mississippi's current operating rules, ready to print or save as PDF.
Free label generationThe required Mississippi disclosure statement plus your product details, assembled into a printable draft.
Do I need a permit to sell homemade food in Mississippi?
Usually no, as long as you fit Mississippi's cottage food exemption. The big gates are product type, direct-sales channel, and the $35,000 gross annual sales cap. Mississippi allows online and social-media advertising now, but the sale still has to stay direct from the producer to the end consumer in Mississippi. Wholesale, retail-store placement, and consignment are not part of this path. The wizard below checks the product and channel choices that most often push people out of the exemption.