Cottage food label requirements in Alaska
Homemade Food Exemption (HB 251, 2024), AS 17.20.332 - 17.20.338 (HB 251, eff. July 1, 2024); former 18 AAC 31.012(a) repealed. Regulated by Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Food Safety & Sanitation Program. Checked against state sources on .
Not fully verified. We could not confirm every detail for Alaska on a primary state source when we checked. Treat these items as unconfirmed and check them with Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Food Safety & Sanitation Program before you print: disclaimerText, agencyUrl, onlineSales, shippingInState, statuteCitation.
The statement your label needs
This food was made in a home kitchen, is not regulated or inspected, except for meat and meat products, and may contain allergens.
No type-size rule stated for the statement; keep it clearly legible.
What is different in Alaska
- TCS foods allowed if sold by the producer directly to the consumer
- Third-party retail sales allowed for non-TCS items with signage and separate shelving
- Unpackaged food: seller must disclose the exemption and producer contact details
- No interstate sales
- Anchorage and other municipalities may have local rules
- Permit
- No permit or registration for most baked goods. Qualifying homemade food is exempt from state labeling, licensing, packaging, permitting and inspection requirements (statutory exemption). Municipalities may add rules; Anchorage AO 2025-114 aligns its code with the state exemption.
- Sales cap
- No annual sales cap found in state sources
- Where you can sell
- In Alaska, for personal consumption: farmers' markets, agricultural fairs, farms/ranches, producer's home or office, a third-party seller's retail location, or a location agreed between producer and buyer.
- Online orders
- Not addressed clearly by state sources
- Ship in state
- Not addressed clearly by state sources
- Ship out of state
- No
- Sell to shops / cafés
- Limited
- Allowed foods
- Most homemade foods, including potentially hazardous (TCS) foods sold by the producer directly; excludes seafood, game meat, animal-fat oils and controlled substances; meat only in compliance with federal law.
What a Alaska cottage food label must show
- Name, current address and telephone number of the producer
- Producer's Alaska business license number, if applicable
- The required statement (above)
Federal rules still apply on top: ingredients in descending order by weight (21 CFR 101.4), the nine major allergens declared by name (FALCPA and the FASTER Act), and net quantity in ounces and grams (21 CFR 101.7). Alaska’s sources do not clearly address online orders — ask the agency before you set up a web shop. Shipping within the state is not clearly addressed, and products may not cross state lines.
Make a Alaska label now
The Alaska statement is already on it. Type your ingredients, tick the allergens and print on Avery sheets or a thermal roll. To have the ingredient order and allergens worked out from a costed recipe, use the workbench.
Still missing: business name and address.
Print at 100% scale with no margins. Check the result against Alaska’s rules above before selling.
True size. Alaska statement.
Alaska cottage food questions
What statement has to be on a Alaska cottage food label?
Alaska requires: “This food was made in a home kitchen, is not regulated or inspected, except for meat and meat products, and may contain allergens.”.
Do I need a permit to sell baked goods from home in Alaska?
No permit or registration for most baked goods. Qualifying homemade food is exempt from state labeling, licensing, packaging, permitting and inspection requirements (statutory exemption). Municipalities may add rules; Anchorage AO 2025-114 aligns its code with the state exemption.
Is there a sales limit for cottage food in Alaska?
No annual cap appears in the state sources we checked. No cap in AS 17.20.332; the former $25,000 limit was in repealed 18 AAC 31.012(a).
Can I sell cottage food online or ship it in Alaska?
Alaska’s sources do not clearly address online orders — ask the agency before you set up a web shop. Shipping within the state is not clearly addressed, and products may not cross state lines.
Sources
- Municipality of Anchorage AO 2025-114 (aligning code with AS 17.20.332-.338) (regulation)
- Alaska Statutes AS 17.20.332 - 17.20.338 (statute)
- Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Food Safety & Sanitation Program (agency)
Checked October 17, 2026. This is a checklist built from the sources above, not legal advice. Rules change; your county or the agency has the final word. Spotted something out of date? The about page explains how we check.
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