Kansas Cottage Food Law

Kansas'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 and farmers markets only. Online ordering with in-person pickup is allowed; mail/courier shipping is not.

Watch for: Mail delivery is not permitted. Online ordering with in-person pickup is the workaround.

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 and farmers markets only. Online ordering with in-person pickup is allowed; mail/courier shipping is not.

Direct (in-person)
Farmers markets
Online order, in-person pickup

What's required before your first sale

Registration plus food handler training required.

Label requirements

Common name of the product
Name and physical address of the person who made or is selling the product
Product ingredients in descending order of predominance
Net quantity (weight, volume, or count)
Kansas requires NO "homemade" or "not inspected" disclosure statement on cottage food labels (KDA/KSU MF3138) — only a narrow exception for unpasteurized juice/cider (the FDA juice warning) applies
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 Kansas disclosure label in one click

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

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