Connecticut Cottage Food Law

Connecticut's cottage food law sets an annual revenue cap of $50,000 and producers must register with the state before the first sale. Direct sales, farmers markets, and online sales permitted.

Watch for: Retail outlet sales are not permitted unless produced under a licensed commercial kitchen — cottage food cannot supply local stores.

Annual revenue cap

$50,000

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 plus food handler training required.

Label requirements

Licensee name and physical address (a P.O. box is not acceptable)
Common or usual name of the product
Ingredients in descending order of predominance by weight or volume, with sub-ingredients for compound items (the specific tree nut must be named)
Allergen information per federal labeling requirements
Net weight or volume, including the metric equivalent
Verbatim disclosure required by Conn. Gen. Stat. § 21a-62g, in 10-point or larger type in a color that contrasts with the background: "Made in a Cottage Food Operation that is not Subject to Routine Government Food Safety Inspection."
Connecticut requires an annual cottage food license and DCP pre-approval of sample labels before sale

How Ardent Seller helps

Generate your Connecticut disclosure label in one click

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

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