West Virginia 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 West Virginia's current homemade-food rules, keep the broad nonpotentially-hazardous path separate from the newer potentially hazardous permit route, and build you a personalized checklist plus a printable label draft.
Free customized label/checklist after walk-through completion
Built from West Virginia Code and WVDA guidance. Not legal advice and not state approval — verify final requirements with WVDA before selling.
Free permit walk-throughSee whether you fit West Virginia's broad no-permit route or actually need the separate potentially hazardous permit path.
Free checklistKeep channel, interstate, and kitchen-label decisions tied to your own answers.
Free label generationDraft the current WVDA non-commercial-kitchen disclosure with your identity, ingredient, and allergen lines.
Can you sell homemade food in West Virginia?
Usually yes for shelf-stable, nonpotentially hazardous foods. West Virginia's current code allows those foods to be sold in person or remotely, with delivery by the producer, an agent, a third-party vendor, or a third-party carrier. The important split is that potentially hazardous products now have a separate WVDA permit workflow with inspections and added approvals, so they should not be treated as the same simple cottage-food path.