Tennessee cottage food label requirements and Food Freedom Act checklist
Answer a few plain-English questions about what you make and how you want to sell it. We check it against Tennessee's Food Freedom Act — including the 2025 HB 130 rule that sales channels depend on whether your product contains dairy, meat, or poultry — flag anything that isn't allowed, and build you a personalized checklist and a printable food label.
Free customized label/checklist after walk-through completion
Built from the public Tennessee Code and Tennessee Department of Agriculture guidance. Not legal advice and not state approval — rules can change, so verify final requirements with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture before selling.
Free permit walk-throughSee right away if a choice would block you from selling under Tennessee's Food Freedom Act.
Free checklistYour answers folded into Tennessee's current requirements, ready to print or save as PDF.
Free label generationThe required Tennessee disclosure statement plus name, address, phone, and product details, assembled into a printable draft.
Can I sell homemade food in Tennessee?
Almost always yes — Tennessee's Food Freedom Act needs no permit, license, registration, or inspection, and has no sales cap at all. Since a 2025 amendment (HB 130), your sales channels depend on whether your product contains dairy, meat, or poultry: those items must be sold and delivered by you personally, while everything else can also go through an agent, retail vendor, or shipping carrier. Alcoholic beverages, unpasteurized milk, and fish/shellfish are excluded outright; meat and poultry need a narrow federal exemption. The wizard below checks the choices that commonly change the answer.