Arkansas Cottage Food Law

Arkansas's cottage food law sets an annual revenue cap of $25,000 and producers must register with the state before the first sale. Direct sales, farmers markets, and online sales permitted.

Watch for: The $25K cap counts gross revenue, not profit. Mind it as you grow.

Annual revenue cap

$25,000

Permit / registration

Registration required

Kitchen inspection

Not required

Food handler training

Required

Acidified foods

Excluded

Interstate shipping

In-state only

Where you can sell

Direct sales, farmers markets, and online sales permitted.

Direct (in-person)
Farmers markets
Online (in-state)

What's required before your first sale

Registration and food handler training required. Standard label disclaimers.

Label requirements

Date the product was manufactured, produced, or processed
Producer name, address, and telephone number — OR an Arkansas Department of Agriculture-issued identification number in place of that block (privacy option)
Common or usual name of the product
Ingredients in descending order of predominance
Verbatim disclosure required by Ark. Code § 20-57-505(a)(5): "This product was produced in a private residence that is exempt from state licensing and inspection. This product may contain allergens."
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)

How Ardent Seller helps

Generate your Arkansas disclosure label in one click

Ardent Seller assembles a print-ready cottage food label for Arkansas 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 Arkansas requires that's missing before you print. Included on every plan.

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