Nebraska Cottage Food Law

Nebraska'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: Standard cottage food state — nothing unusual. Watch the cap 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 plus food handler training required.

Label requirements

Producer name and address (the Nebraska Department of Agriculture allows a P.O. box)
For TCS foods, ingredients in descending order of predominance
A clearly visible notification that the food (i) was prepared in a kitchen that is not subject to regulation and inspection by a regulatory authority, and (ii) may contain allergens — Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2,280(5) prescribes these required facts but no fixed wording; the NDA publishes a compliant default sentence: "This food was prepared in a kitchen that is not subject to regulation and inspection by the regulatory authority and 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 Nebraska disclosure label in one click

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

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