Nebraska · Cottage Food

Nebraska cottage food label requirements and cottage food checker

Answer a few plain-English questions about what you make and how you want to sell it. We check your plan against Nebraska's current cottage food rules, flag the prohibited categories and delivery mistakes, and build you a personalized checklist and printable label draft.

Free permit walk-through Free label generation Free checklist
Free customized label/checklist after walk-through completion

Built from the Nebraska Department of Agriculture and current Nebraska statute text. Not legal advice and not state approval — verify final requirements with NDA before selling.

  • Free Nebraska rule checkSee whether your food fits Nebraska's cottage food path, including the newer TCS branch.
  • Free checklistTurn Nebraska's training, registration, delivery, and notice rules into a practical next-step list.
  • Free label generationDraft the Nebraska package label with the producer address and consumer notice language.

Can I sell cottage food in Nebraska?

Usually yes if you sell directly to the consumer and stay out of Nebraska's prohibited categories. Nebraska is broader than many states because it allows some TCS foods such as cheesecake or ice cream, but those foods must stay under temperature control, be delivered in person by the producer, and cannot be transported longer than two hours. The narrowest waiver is for non-TCS food sold directly to the consumer at a farmers market, where training and registration can be waived.

Nebraska label and notice fields

  • Producer name
  • Specific mailing address
  • Food identity / product name
  • Net quantity
  • For TCS foods: ingredients in descending order of predominance
  • Visible consumer notice that the food was prepared in an unregulated kitchen and may contain allergens

Common Nebraska blockers

  • Meat or animal by-product ingredients
  • Raw eggs, unpasteurized juice, infused oils or honey, sprouts, low-acid canned foods, kimchi, kombucha
  • Mail delivery for a TCS food
  • Trying to sell through another business instead of directly to the customer