Alabama
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✗License Req.
None (state cap removed in 2021)
Alaska
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✓License Req.
No Limit
Arizona
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✓License Req.
None (no cap as of 2024 HB2042)
Arkansas
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✗License Req.
None – unlimited sales allowed
California
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✓License Req.
Class A: $75,000; Class B: $150,000
Colorado
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✗License Req.
$10,000 per product per calendar year
Connecticut
Has Law✓Online Orders
✗In-State Ship
✓License Req.
$50,000
Delaware
Has Law✗Online Orders
✗In-State Ship
✓License Req.
None (cap removed as of Dec 2023)
Florida
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✗License Req.
$250,000
Georgia
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✗License Req.
No Limit
Hawaii
Has Law✗Online Orders
✗In-State Ship
✗License Req.
None – unlimited revenue allowed
Idaho
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✓License Req.
Unlimited
Illinois
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✓License Req.
No statewide limit; some local limits (e.g., $25,000 in Monroe County): verify locally.
Indiana
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✓License Req.
Unlimited
Iowa
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✗License Req.
$50,000 for HFPE (no limit for cottage foods under exemption)
Kansas
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✗License Req.
Unlimited
Kentucky
Has Law✓Online Orders
✗In-State Ship
✓License Req.
$60,000 gross annually
Louisiana
Has Law✓Online Orders
✗In-State Ship
✗License Req.
$30,000/year for general products; unlimited for breads, cakes, cookies, pies
Maine
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
?License Req.
No Limit
Maryland
Has Law✓Online Orders
✗In-State Ship
✗License Req.
$50,000
Massachusetts
Has Law✓Online Orders
✗In-State Ship
✓License Req.
None specified
Michigan
Has Law✓Online Orders
✗In-State Ship
✗License Req.
Not specified in provided sources
Minnesota
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✓License Req.
$78,000/year
Mississippi
Has Law✓Online Orders
✗In-State Ship
✗License Req.
$35,000 gross annual sales
Missouri
Has Law✓Online Orders
✗In-State Ship
✗License Req.
None (cap removed in 2022)
Montana
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✓License Req.
None specified
Nebraska
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✗License Req.
None (unlimited)
Nevada
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✓License Req.
$35,000 per year (current); CPI-adjusted up to $100,000 starting FY2026-27
New Hampshire
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
?License Req.
Historically $20,000 (not explicitly in current text, verify with DHHS)
New Jersey
Has Law?Online Orders
?In-State Ship
?License Req.
$50,000 gross annual sales
New Mexico
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✓License Req.
None (no cap)
New York
Has Law✓Online Orders
✗In-State Ship
✓License Req.
None — unlimited
North Carolina
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✗License Req.
None stated in official sources
North Dakota
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✗License Req.
Not specified in available resources; verify with Division of Food and Lodging
Ohio
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✗License Req.
None—Ohio allows unlimited revenue on both cottage food and home bakery paths.
Oklahoma
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✗License Req.
Unknown
Oregon
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✓License Req.
$50,000 (exemption)
Pennsylvania
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✓License Req.
Not specified in PDA sources
Rhode Island
Has Law✗Online Orders
✗In-State Ship
✓License Req.
<$50,000 gross annual sales
South Carolina
Has Law✓Online Orders
✗In-State Ship
✗License Req.
None (no cap)
South Dakota
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✗License Req.
Unknown
Tennessee
Has Law✓Online Orders
✗In-State Ship
✓License Req.
None – unlimited sales allowed
Texas
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
?License Req.
$150,000 gross annual threshold
Utah
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✗License Req.
Traditional: Unclear (verify; third-party sources mention $50,000 but not confirmed); Food Freedom: None
Vermont
Has Law✓Online Orders
✗In-State Ship
✗License Req.
$30,000 cottage foods; $10,000 other processed foods
Virginia
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✗License Req.
No limit for general cottage foods; $3,000 cap for acidified foods; 250 gal/year honey.
Washington
Has Law✓Online Orders
✗In-State Ship
✓License Req.
$35,000
West Virginia
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✓License Req.
None specified
Wisconsin
Has Law✗Online Orders
✗In-State Ship
✓License Req.
$5,000 per year
Wyoming
Has Law✓Online Orders
✓In-State Ship
✗License Req.
$250,000 per year (also 250,000‑unit cap)
| State | Has Law | Online Orders | In-State Ship | Annual Limit | License Req. | Labeling Req. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | None (state cap removed in 2021) | ✗ | ✓ |
| Alaska | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | No Limit | ✓ | ✓ |
| Arizona | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | None (no cap as of 2024 HB2042) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Arkansas | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | None – unlimited sales allowed | ✗ | ✓ |
| California | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Class A: $75,000; Class B: $150,000 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Colorado | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | $10,000 per product per calendar year | ✗ | ✓ |
| Connecticut | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | $50,000 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delaware | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | None (cap removed as of Dec 2023) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Florida | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | $250,000 | ✗ | ✓ |
| Georgia | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | No Limit | ✗ | ✓ |
| Hawaii | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | None – unlimited revenue allowed | ✗ | ✓ |
| Idaho | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Unlimited | ✓ | ✓ |
| Illinois | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | No statewide limit; some local limits (e.g., $25,000 in Monroe County): verify locally. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Indiana | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Unlimited | ✓ | ✓ |
| Iowa | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | $50,000 for HFPE (no limit for cottage foods under exemption) | ✗ | ✓ |
| Kansas | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Unlimited | ✗ | ✓ |
| Kentucky | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | $60,000 gross annually | ✓ | ✓ |
| Louisiana | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | $30,000/year for general products; unlimited for breads, cakes, cookies, pies | ✗ | ✓ |
| Maine | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | No Limit | ? | ✓ |
| Maryland | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | $50,000 | ✗ | ✓ |
| Massachusetts | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | None specified | ✓ | ✓ |
| Michigan | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Not specified in provided sources | ✗ | ✓ |
| Minnesota | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | $78,000/year | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mississippi | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | $35,000 gross annual sales | ✗ | ✓ |
| Missouri | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | None (cap removed in 2022) | ✗ | ✓ |
| Montana | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | None specified | ✓ | ✓ |
| Nebraska | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | None (unlimited) | ✗ | ✓ |
| Nevada | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | $35,000 per year (current); CPI-adjusted up to $100,000 starting FY2026-27 | ✓ | ✓ |
| New Hampshire | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Historically $20,000 (not explicitly in current text, verify with DHHS) | ? | ✓ |
| New Jersey | ✓ | ? | ? | $50,000 gross annual sales | ? | ? |
| New Mexico | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | None (no cap) | ✓ | ✓ |
| New York | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | None — unlimited | ✓ | ✓ |
| North Carolina | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | None stated in official sources | ✗ | ✓ |
| North Dakota | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Not specified in available resources; verify with Division of Food and Lodging | ✗ | ✓ |
| Ohio | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | None—Ohio allows unlimited revenue on both cottage food and home bakery paths. | ✗ | ✓ |
| Oklahoma | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Unknown | ✗ | ✓ |
| Oregon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | $50,000 (exemption) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pennsylvania | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Not specified in PDA sources | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rhode Island | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | <$50,000 gross annual sales | ✓ | ✓ |
| South Carolina | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | None (no cap) | ✗ | ✓ |
| South Dakota | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Unknown | ✗ | ✓ |
| Tennessee | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | None – unlimited sales allowed | ✓ | ✓ |
| Texas | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | $150,000 gross annual threshold | ? | ✓ |
| Utah | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Traditional: Unclear (verify; third-party sources mention $50,000 but not confirmed); Food Freedom: None | ✗ | ✓ |
| Vermont | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | $30,000 cottage foods; $10,000 other processed foods | ✗ | ✓ |
| Virginia | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | No limit for general cottage foods; $3,000 cap for acidified foods; 250 gal/year honey. | ✗ | ✓ |
| Washington | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | $35,000 | ✓ | ✓ |
| West Virginia | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | None specified | ✓ | ✓ |
| Wisconsin | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | $5,000 per year | ✓ | ✓ |
| Wyoming | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | $250,000 per year (also 250,000‑unit cap) | ✗ | ✓ |
✓Yes / Allowed
✗No / Not Allowed
?Unknown / Varies
Online Orders: Can accept orders via website/social media (usually requires in-person pickup or delivery)
In-State Ship: Can mail/ship products to customers within state borders
Note: Interstate shipping (across state lines) is prohibited in nearly all states as it triggers federal FDA regulation.
Disclaimer: This information is provided for general guidance only and may not be current. Cottage food laws change frequently. Always verify requirements with your state's health department before starting a home food business.