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Oregon cottage food label rules

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

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Your label must include

Product name
Ingredients in descending order of predominance
Business name and phone number
Address of the operation (or ODA UIN, or city/state/zip if listed in ODA directory)
Net weight or volume in U.S. and metric units
Allergens (major food allergens per FALCPA)
Pet statement and species if pets live in the residence
Required statement on principal display panel

Required statement

“This product is homemade, is not prepared in an inspected food establishment, and must be stored and displayed separately if merchandised by a retailer.”

Statement goes on the principal display panel. Minimum type height 1/16 inch (based on lower-case ‘o’). If pets are present in the home, the label must say so and name the species (e.g., ‘dog’). Retail displays need signage saying the products are homemade and not prepared in an inspected food establishment.

Brown Butter Toffee Cookies

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.

(305) 555-0188 · hello@sunnycrumb.co

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

Net wt. 4 oz (113 g) · 2 cookies

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

This product is homemade, is not prepared in an inspected food establishment, and must be stored and displayed separately if merchandised by a retailer.

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 Oregon

Permit: No license required; optional ODA unique identification number (UIN), $25/year (expires June 30), can replace home address on label.
Training: Food handler card required (OAR 603-025-0320: each person working in the operation must hold a food handler certificate under ORS 624.570)
Sales cap: $52,700 gross annual sales (2026 figure; base $50,000, adjusted annually)
Where you can sell: Direct to end users in any manner (home, farmers markets, events); retailers allowed if products are packaged, labeled and displayed separately with signage; not to restaurants, caterers, schools, hospitals or other institutions.
Online & shipping: Online and mail sales allowed; sales records must keep purchaser contact info; out-of-state shipping not addressed by ODA.
Law: Cottage Food Exemption, ORS 616.723 (as amended by SB 643, 2023); OAR 603-025-0311 to 603-025-0335

What we could not confirm (3)

Cap is inflation-adjusted: OAR text says $50,000, OSU Extension says $51,200 (2025), ODA March 2026 guide says $52,700 — use ODA’s current figure
Out-of-state shipping not addressed in official sources reviewed
Could not load OAR 603-025-0325 (label rule) directly; label details from ODA guide

Check with: Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA), Food Safety Program

Last change to the law: SB 643 (2023); ODA guide revised March 2026 with $52,700 cap

Sources

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

Oregon cottage food label rules

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Required statement

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