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Low Revenue Last reviewed 2026-06-14

2026 reference

Alaska Cottage Food Law

Alaska's cottage food law sets an annual revenue cap of $25,000 and no state permit or registration is required. Direct in-state sales and farmers markets. Online sales generally not permitted.

Watch for: Limited venues compared with most states. Acidified products face the strictest scrutiny.

Key facts

Annual revenue cap
$25,000
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

Direct in-state sales and farmers markets. Online sales generally not permitted.

  • Direct (in-person)
  • Farmers markets

What's required before your first sale

No registration. Labels must state "not subject to state inspection." Recipe testing required for any low-acid or acidified foods.

Label requirements

  • Name, physical address, and telephone number of the person who prepared the food, OR an Alaska business license number
  • Complete ingredient list in descending order of predominance by weight (with sub-ingredients in parentheses for compound ingredients)
  • Verbatim home-kitchen disclosure required under 18 AAC 31.012 in legible font: "This food was made in a home kitchen, is not regulated or inspected, except for meat and meat products, and may contain allergens." (for repackaged products substitute "repackaged" for "made"; for unpackaged products the same statement must appear on a conspicuous card, placard, or sign at the point of sale)
  • 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)
How Ardent Seller helps

Generate your Alaska disclosure label in one click

Ardent Seller assembles a print-ready cottage food label for Alaska from data you already track — the state's required disclosure statement rendered verbatim (and sized to meet the state's minimum type size where one applies), your operator info, ingredients in descending order by weight, the federal "Contains:" allergen line, net weight, and lot code. A validation checklist flags anything Alaska requires that's missing before you print. Included on every plan.

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Sources

Reference content only — not legal advice. State laws change frequently. Verify against the official source before launching.

Tools that work with Alaska

Revenue cap tracker

Enter your year-to-date gross sales and see how close you are to the $25,000 cap.

50-state PDF guide

Printable 17-page reference covering every state with quick-scan cards.

Compare with nearby states

NV Low cap

Nevada

$35,000 (rises to $100K in 2027)

RI Low cap

Rhode Island

$5,000

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