The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food Division of Regulatory Services provides all the information to get started selling food from your home kitchen business.
Utah’s Cottage Food Rule allows an individual with a valid Food Handler’s Permit, to make and/or package shelf stable foods in their own home kitchen, as long as there are no pets in the home that can access that kitchen.
Cottage Food products can only be sold within the state of Utah, either directly via special order or through retail outlets when properly labeled.
The UDAF wants you to know the state has people to help you if you have questions about the logistics of starting a new home business. Contact Tamra Annett to assist you. You can reach her by email at: tamraannett@utah.gov.
You can download the Complete Application Packet here, or you can delve into each separate category below. The complete application packet contains the following:
- Cottage Food Cover Letter
- Application Form
- Checklist for Home Food Production
- Labeling Guidelines for Home Produced Foods
- Sample Labels for products sold pre-packaged
- Sample Ingredient Lists for on demand products
- Sanitizers – Chlorine Bleach
- Sanitizers – Quaternary Ammonium
- Sample Cottage Honey labels
The state kicked out the following August, 2021 memo that updated everyone on the rise of home-based kitchen businesses in Utah.
“New: Cottage Food Operator Memo – August 2021
The number of people who produce foods in their home (cottage foods) has sharply increased in the past several years. The majority of the foods produced in private residences are sold at outdoor markets throughout Utah. We now have more than 400 cottage food facilities in the state. As part of the Department’s commitment to protecting consumer food safety, our inspectors are eager to educate home cooks on the regulatory standards that are in place to protect this fledgling industry.”
For more information:
Utah Department of Agriculture and Food
Division of Regulatory Services
PO Box 146500* 350 N Redwood Road
Salt Lake City UT 84114-6500
801-982-2200 * Fax 385-465-6022
