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Kansas cottage food label rules

What has to be on the label when you sell homemade baked goods in Kansas, and the limits that matter at a market. Checked September 2026.

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Your label must include

Common name of the product
Producer’s name and physical address
Ingredients in descending order by weight (with major allergens in plain language)
Net quantity (weight, volume or count)

Required statement

No exact statement is set by law here.

No special ‘homemade/not inspected’ statement is required by Kansas law (K-State: voluntary). Labels follow general food labeling (misbranding) rules. Must follow K.A.R. 4-28-33 sanitation requirements for exempt food establishments.

Brown Butter Toffee Cookies

Sunny Crumb Co. · 123 Palm Ave, Your City, KS 00000

Ingredients: enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), butter (cream, salt), brown sugar, toffee bits (sugar, butter, almonds, soy lecithin), eggs, vanilla extract, baking soda, sea salt.

Net wt. 4 oz (113 g) · 2 cookies

Sample label for illustration, made from the checklist above. Your own label has to match your recipe and your state’s exact rules.

Key limits in Kansas

Permit: none — no license, permit, registration or fee for exempt (non-TCS) foods sold directly to the end consumer
Training: none
Sales cap: none
Where you can sell: Direct to the end consumer: farmers markets, festivals, bazaars, craft shows, CSAs, roadside stands, from home. Wholesale to grocery stores/restaurants requires a licensed facility separate from your home kitchen.
Online & shipping: K-State Research & Extension (Jan 2026) says the exemption also applies to exempt foods sold online and shipped to the customer’s home or delivered by the producer. Interstate shipping is not addressed officially (IJ says allowed if the receiving state permits).
Law: No dedicated cottage food statute; exemption from food establishment licensing for food distributed directly to the end consumer that does not need temperature control, K.S.A. 65-689(d)(4); sanitation rules K.A.R. 4-28-33

What we could not confirm (3)

Exact legal source for the required label elements (K-State lists them; KDA FAQ page did not show labeling details)
Whether out-of-state shipping is permitted under Kansas law
No 2023–2026 Kansas cottage food legislation was found, but no definitive KDA statement of ‘no change’ was located

Check with: Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA), Food Safety and Lodging Program

Last change to the law:

Sources

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This page is general information, not legal advice. Rules change and counties can add their own. Confirm with Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA), Food Safety and Lodging Program before you print. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

Kansas cottage food label rules

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