Cottage food label requirements in Kansas
Food establishment licensing exemption for direct-to-consumer producers (no separate cottage food law), K.S.A. 65-689(d)(4). Regulated by Kansas Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Lodging Program. Checked against state sources on .
Not fully verified. We could not confirm every detail for Kansas on a primary state source when we checked. Treat these items as unconfirmed and check them with Kansas Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Lodging Program before you print: disclaimerText, requiredElements, allowedFoods, onlineSales/shipping.
The statement your label needs
No fixed statement found in Kansas’s rules
No type-size rule stated for the statement; keep it clearly legible.
What is different in Kansas
- No dedicated cottage food statute; exemption is one line in the food establishment licensing law
- Exemption is limited to the person who produces the food selling to the end consumer
- TCS foods (meat, dairy, eggs, cut produce) need a food establishment license
- Permit
- No permit or registration for most baked goods. No food establishment license for a person who produces food for distribution directly to the end consumer, if the food does not require time and temperature control for safety or specialized processing, as determined by the secretary. Exempt producers are not exempt from inspection or regulation when a violation is observed or reported.
- Sales cap
- No annual sales cap found in state sources
- Where you can sell
- Directly to the end consumer (e.g. farmers markets); KDA says the seller may not hand off control of the product (no consignment or booths left with another person).
- Online orders
- Not addressed clearly by state sources
- Ship in state
- Not addressed clearly by state sources
- Ship out of state
- Not addressed clearly by state sources
- Sell to shops / cafés
- No
- Allowed foods
- Foods that do not require time and temperature control for safety or specialized processing, e.g. baked goods; home-canned products are not allowed except traditional jams and jellies (per KDA).
What a Kansas cottage food label must show
- Common name of the product
- Producer's name and address
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). Kansas’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 shipping to other states is not addressed (selling across state lines also brings in federal rules).
Make a Kansas label now
The Kansas 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 Kansas’s rules above before selling.
True size. Kansas sets no fixed statement in our sources.
Kansas cottage food questions
What statement has to be on a Kansas cottage food label?
Our Kansas sources set no fixed home-kitchen statement. You still need the federal basics: product name, ingredients by weight, allergens, net quantity, and your name and address.
Do I need a permit to sell baked goods from home in Kansas?
No permit or registration for most baked goods. No food establishment license for a person who produces food for distribution directly to the end consumer, if the food does not require time and temperature control for safety or specialized processing, as determined by the secretary. Exempt producers are not exempt from inspection or regulation when a violation is observed or reported.
Is there a sales limit for cottage food in Kansas?
No annual cap appears in the state sources we checked. No sales cap in K.S.A. 65-689(d)(4).
Can I sell cottage food online or ship it in Kansas?
Kansas’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 shipping to other states is not addressed (selling across state lines also brings in federal rules).
Sources
- K.S.A. 65-689 (Kansas Revisor of Statutes) (statute)
- KDA: Food Sales at Farmers' Markets & Similar Locations (agency)
Checked October 18, 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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