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Utah cottage food law for home bakers

What a home baker in Utah needs before the first sale: Cottage Food Production Operation (the registered UDAF track; a separate unregistered track, the Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act, is covered in notes), the sales cap, online orders, delivery, and the exact label line, each with its source.

SAMPLE LABEL Grandma's Sourdough Loaf Contains: wheat, milk, eggs May contain: tree nuts Made in a home kitchen: sesame, peanuts THE NINE ALLERGENS Milk Eggs Wheat Soy Peanuts Tree nuts Sesame Fish Shellfish

This is a plain-language summary, not legal advice. Laws change; check the linked source for your state before you sell. Last reviewed September 19, 2026.

No capsales cap
No feenamed in the rule
Yesonline orders

The short version

Utah runs two parallel home-food laws. The REGISTERED Cottage Food Production Operation (this row) requires UDAF registration and a food handler permit but has no sales cap and allows sale through in-state retail outlets; it is silent, not prohibitive, on remote ordering.

The UNREGISTERED Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act (Chapter 5a) needs no registration, fee, or cap at all, but Utah's own labeling guide and 4-5a-104 restrict it to an in-person, prearranged, direct sale within Utah, not for resale; UDAF's summary of the two programs states this track is not sold online, via delivery, or by shipping.

For a baker who wants to take orders through an online marketplace, the registered Cottage Food Production Operation is the relevant program, not the deregulated Home Consumption Act.

Registering

The rule is administered by Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF), Division of Regulatory Services; the guide reads Utah Code § 4-5-501 (Cottage Food Production Operations, Utah Wholesome Food Act, Title 4 Chapter 5), implemented by Utah Admin. Code R70-560 (Inspection and Regulation of Cottage Food Production Operations, last amended effective January 12, 2023), originally enacted 2007 (HB 339). A separate, unregistered track exists under Utah Code Title 4 Chapter 5a, the Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act (2018 HB 181); this row describes the registered Cottage Food Production Operation track because, unlike Chapter 5a, it does not forbid remote or online ordering.

The exact current UDAF fee could not be verified against a primary fee schedule; secondary sources cite roughly two hundred dollars (base registration plus plan review).

Where you can sell, and whether online counts

R70-560-7(8)'s allowance of sale 'to a food establishment within the boundaries of Utah' is the basis for treating wholesale as allowed and an out-of-state sale as not allowed. Neither online ordering nor home delivery is explicitly addressed: online ordering is read as allowed by omission, since nothing forbids it here the way Chapter 5a does, while delivery and in-state shipping are left as not addressed rather than assumed.

What goes on the label

No single disclosure sentence is fixed by rule. R70-560-6 instead requires specific label elements, including the words "Home Produced" in bold, conspicuous type on the principal display panel.

  • Name of the food per federal regulation, or a descriptive common name
  • Ingredients in descending order of predominance
  • Name of the food source for each major allergen
  • Net quantity of contents
  • Name and place of business of the cottage food production operation
  • Telephone number of the cottage food production operation
  • Nutritional labeling, unless exempt
  • The words "Home Produced" in bold, conspicuous 12-point type

What you can bake and sell

  • Allowed: Non-potentially-hazardous foods produced in a home kitchen (baked goods without hazardous fillings, jams, jellies, dry mixes, candy, and similar shelf-stable items) that pass any required recipe/process approval.
  • Not allowed: Potentially hazardous food (anything needing time/temperature control for safety, food of animal origin generally, raw seed sprouts); raw/unpasteurized dairy; meat products, except a narrow exemption for producer-slaughtered poultry (1,000-bird USDA exemption) and, pending USDA approval, domesticated rabbit meat.

The sales cap

Utah sets no cap on cottage food sales; neither the current statute (4-5-501) nor rule (R70-560) states any sales-revenue cap. Exact original effective date approximated to the 2007 HB 339 enactment year; not independently verified to the day..

Work out how much room you have left this year with the cottage food sales cap checker.

Questions people ask

Do I need to register to sell cottage food in Utah?

Yes, Utah requires registration before the first sale. Register with UDAF as a Cottage Food Production Operation, hold a valid food handler permit (via the local health department), and follow R70-560's production, distribution, and labeling rules, including any required recipe/process approval. Fee: Not stated in the statute (4-5-501) or rule (R70-560) itself. UDAF's own registration and plan-review fee schedule is reported by secondary sources at roughly two hundred dollars combined, but that figure could not be verified against a primary UDAF fee-schedule document.

Has the cottage food sales cap in Utah changed over time?

no cap from January 1, 2007.

Can I take orders online in Utah?

Yes, you can take orders online. You can hand an order over in person or send it anywhere inside the state.

Can I deliver or ship cottage food in Utah?

The rule does not address delivery. The rule does not address shipping inside the state.

What does my Utah cottage food label need to say?

The label must include: Name of the food per federal regulation, or a descriptive common name, Ingredients in descending order of predominance, Name of the food source for each major allergen, Net quantity of contents, Name and place of business of the cottage food production operation, Telephone number of the cottage food production operation, Nutritional labeling, unless exempt, The words "Home Produced" in bold, conspicuous 12-point type.

Sources

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