Oregon Cottage Food Law

Oregon's cottage food law sets an annual revenue cap of $52,000 and no state permit or registration is required. Direct sales, farmers markets, and online sales permitted.

Watch for: Cap is inflation-adjusted in 2026 and will continue to rise. Acidified foods (pickles, salsas, hot sauce, ferments) are NOT in the cottage food exemption — going beyond baked goods and other non-TCS items requires the paid Domestic Kitchen license.

Annual revenue cap

$52,000

Permit / registration

Not 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

No registration required for shelf-stable, non-TCS goods. Food safety training required. Acidified foods (pickles, salsa, hot sauce, fermented vegetables) are NOT permitted under the basic Cottage Food Exemption — they require either the Farm Direct Marketing Law (farmer-grower only, $20K cap) or a commercial Domestic Kitchen license with ODA process-authority approval.

Label requirements

Name of the food
Ingredients and sub-ingredients in descending order by weight or volume
Allergen warnings per FALCPA
Business name of the food establishment
Address of the establishment — full street address; OR city/state/zip if listed in a city directory; OR a Unique Identification Number (UIN) issued by ODA under OAR 603-025-0335 (a P.O. box is not allowed)
Phone number
Net weight or net volume in both English and metric units
Verbatim disclosure required by OAR 603-025-0325(1) on the principal display panel (minimum height 1/16" lowercase "o"): "This product is homemade, is not prepared in an inspected food establishment, and must be stored and displayed separately if merchandised by a retailer."
A pet-presence statement (naming the species) if pets were present in the residential dwelling

How Ardent Seller helps

Generate your Oregon disclosure label in one click

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

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