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Mississippi cottage food label rules

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

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Your label must include

Name and address of the cottage food operation
Product name
Ingredients in descending order by weight
Net weight or volume
Allergens (major food allergens)
Nutrition information only if a nutritional claim is made

Required statement

“Made in a Cottage Food operation that is not subject to Mississippi’s food safety regulations”

Statement must be in at least 10-point type, in a color that clearly contrasts with the background.

Brown Butter Toffee Cookies

Sunny Crumb Co. · 123 Palm Ave, Your City, MS 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

Contains: wheat, milk, eggs, tree nuts (almond), soy.

Made in a Cottage Food operation that is not subject to Mississippi’s food safety regulations

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 Mississippi

Permit: None from MSDH; check city/county for business license, zoning and sales tax.
Training: none (recommended only)
Sales cap: $35,000 gross annual sales
Where you can sell: Directly from the producer to the end consumer only — from home, farmers markets, fairs/events. No wholesale, retail stores, restaurants, groceries, caterers or consignment.
Online & shipping: You may advertise online and on social media, but the sale must be direct producer-to-consumer; MS State Extension says no online sales, mail or shipping; no out-of-state sales.
Law: Cottage Food Operations, Miss. Code Ann. §75-29-951 (SB 2553 of 2013; amended HB 326 of 2020)

What we could not confirm (2)

Whether pre-arranged online orders with in-person payment/pickup are allowed is ambiguous (MSDH: ‘sales must be directly from the producer to the end consumer’; Extension: online sales prohibited)
2024-2026 bills to raise the cap (e.g. HB 1108 of 2026) all died

Check with: Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH)

Last change to the law: HB 326 (2020), effective 2020-07-01

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This page is general information, not legal advice. Rules change and counties can add their own. Confirm with Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) before you print. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

Mississippi cottage food label rules

Your label must include

Required statement

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