Alaska Cottage Food Law

Alaska's cottage food law sets no statewide revenue cap and no state permit or registration is required. In-state sales for personal consumption only, at a farmers' market, an agricultural fair, a farm, a ranch, the producer's home or office, the retail location of a third-party seller, or a location agreed on between the producer and the buyer; no interstate commerce (AS 17.20.332(b)). Only eggs and foods that do not require time or temperature control (non-TCS) may be sold by an agent or a third-party vendor such as a retail shop or grocery store — potentially hazardous (TCS) homemade food must be sold by the producer (AS 17.20.332(f)). A retail space must keep homemade food off the shelves and displays used for inspected food and post a home-kitchen sign (AS 17.20.332(d)). Homemade food may not be sold to or used in a commercial food establishment (AS 17.20.332(c)).

Watch for: Third-party sellers are for non-TCS foods only: anything that needs refrigeration for safety must be sold by the person who made it. Homemade food cannot be sold to or used by a restaurant or other commercial food establishment, cannot cross state lines, and local rules (for example Anchorage's AMC 16.60.105) can add requirements.

Annual revenue cap

No cap

Permit / registration

Not required

Kitchen inspection

Not required

Food handler training

Not required

Acidified foods

Excluded

Interstate shipping

In-state only

Where you can sell

In-state sales for personal consumption only, at a farmers' market, an agricultural fair, a farm, a ranch, the producer's home or office, the retail location of a third-party seller, or a location agreed on between the producer and the buyer; no interstate commerce (AS 17.20.332(b)). Only eggs and foods that do not require time or temperature control (non-TCS) may be sold by an agent or a third-party vendor such as a retail shop or grocery store — potentially hazardous (TCS) homemade food must be sold by the producer (AS 17.20.332(f)). A retail space must keep homemade food off the shelves and displays used for inspected food and post a home-kitchen sign (AS 17.20.332(d)). Homemade food may not be sold to or used in a commercial food establishment (AS 17.20.332(c)).

Direct (in-person)
Farmers markets
Retail / grocery

What's required before your first sale

No state permit, registration, inspection, or sales cap for homemade food produced, sold, and consumed in compliance with AS 17.20.332. Packaged homemade food must be clearly and prominently labeled with the producer's name, current address, telephone number, and business license number if any, plus the statement: "This food was made in a home kitchen, is not regulated or inspected, except for meat and meat products, and may contain allergens." (AS 17.20.332(e)). Seafood, game meat, oil rendered from animal fat, and controlled substances are excluded, and meat or meat products only as federal law allows (AS 17.20.332(b)(3), (h)). Cities, boroughs, and other local jurisdictions such as the Municipality of Anchorage (AMC 16.60.105) may add requirements.

Label requirements

Producer's name, current address, and telephone number, plus the producer's business license number if applicable — all are required; a business license number does not replace the name, address, or phone number (AS 17.20.332(e)(1))
Complete ingredient list in descending order of predominance by weight (with sub-ingredients in parentheses for compound ingredients)
Verbatim statement required by AS 17.20.332(e)(2), clearly and prominently labeled: "This food was made in a home kitchen, is not regulated or inspected, except for meat and meat products, and may contain allergens."
Unpackaged homemade food: before the sale, tell the buyer the food was prepared in accordance with AS 17.20.332–17.20.338 and is not subject to certain state certification, labeling, licensing, packaging, regulation, or inspection requirements, and give the buyer your name, current address, telephone number, and business license number if any (AS 17.20.332(g))
A retail space selling homemade food must prominently display a sign that the food was made in a home kitchen, may contain allergens, and is not regulated or inspected (except permitted meat and meat products), and may not display it on the same shelf or display as inspected food (AS 17.20.332(d))
Federal allergen labeling under FALCPA + FASTER Act: "Contains:" statement for any of the nine major allergens (milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans, sesame)
Net quantity of contents per the federal packaged-food baseline (21 CFR Part 101)

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