Utah · Cottage Food

Utah cottage food label requirements and homemade-food path checker

Answer a few plain-English questions about what you make and how you want to sell it. We sort your plan into Utah's registered Cottage Food path or the Home Consumption Act path, flag channel or product mismatches, 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 public UDAF guidance and Utah code. Not legal advice and not state approval — rules can change, so verify final requirements with UDAF before selling.

  • Free path checkSee whether your product and channels fit Utah's registered Cottage Food path or only the Home Consumption Act path.
  • Free checklistTurn Utah's two overlapping rule sets into a concrete list you can actually follow.
  • Free label generationDraft the Utah label and switch automatically to the right disclosure statement for the path you picked.

Do I need a cottage food permit in Utah?

Sometimes. Utah's registered Cottage Food path requires a valid food-handler permit plus UDAF inspection and registration, but only covers shelf-stable, low-risk foods. Utah also has the separate Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act for broader homemade foods sold in person, within Utah, directly to the final consumer, and not for resale. The first question is not just the product — it is which Utah path your sales model actually fits.

Utah label wording

  • Registered Cottage Food path: Home Produced
  • Home Consumption Act path: Not for Resale – Processed and prepared without the benefit of state or local inspection
  • Allergen list

Common Utah blockers

  • Trying to use the registered Cottage Food path for refrigerated / TCS foods
  • Trying to use the Home Consumption Act path for resale to stores or restaurants
  • Selling outside Utah
  • Raw dairy or ordinary meat products